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MOTION 1: ?
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to
the Board of Governors, as set forth in 5.75-107,
the proposed Women's Studies Program including
i)
The lower and upper division requirements
for a Minor in Women's Studies
ii)
New courses:
W.S. 100-3 - Introduction to Women's Studies
W.S. 200-3 - Women's Roles: A Comparative Study
W.S. 201-3 - Women in Canada 1600-1920
W.S. 202-3 - Women in Canada 1920 to the Present
W.S. 203-3 - Female Roles in Contemporary Society
W.S. 400-5 - Advanced Women's Studies
W.S. 401-5 - Research Project."
If Motion 1 is approved,
MOTION 2:
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"That Senate waive the normal two semester
time lag requirement In order that W.S. 100-3
may be first offered in the Spring semester 76-1."
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SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY,
MEMORANDUM
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ACADEMIC PLANNING COMMITTEE
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Subject....
Women's Studies Program
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15th May, 1975
At its meeting of 30th April, the Academic
Planning Committee discussed the attached proposal for the
establishment of a Women's Studies Program at Simon Fraser.
This discussion followed consideration of all or some aspects
of the program by the Curriculum Committee of the Faculty of1
Interdisciplinary Studies and by the Senate Committee on
Undergraduate Studies.
The first question raised in the Academic
Planning Committee was that of the availability of resources
for mounting the Program, a question which had been raised
by members of the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies,
which had also approved each course in the Program individually.
In response to this question, the Chairman indicated that it
was, at this point, the primary task of the Committee to discuss
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the academic merits of the program as a whole. He also indicated
that there was no provision in the current University budget for
the mounting of a Women's Studies Program and that, if any part
of it was.to
be mounted during the current financial year, such
offerings would necessarily be on a very limited basis. It was
also agreed, however, that the offering of basic courses in
Women's Studies implied a commitment on the part of the University
to expand the program to the extent envisaged by the proposal,
when this becomes possible.
In further discussion of the proposal, Dean
Brown responded to the concerns of some members of the Committee
that the sufficiently wide consultation with other University
departments had not taken place by noting that he had required
the drafting committee to consult with all departments who may
be conceivably be interested in the program and to obtain their
agreement with the proposal before it was submitted to his
Faculty Curriculum Committee. ?
He indicated that he was satisfied
that such consultation had taken place. In discussing the academic
merits of the proposal, the Committee was unanimous in its view
that it was a substantial proposal with great academic and inter-
disciplinary merit and fully worth the support of the Committee and
of the University.
The proposed Women's Studies Program is now
forwarded to Senate for its consideration, with the recommendation
of the Academic Planning Committee that it be approved.
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Interdisciplinary Studies.
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Date....
25th April,
On Tuesday, April 22nd, 1975, the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies approved
the motion:
"That the proposed Women's Studies Program, including
i)
Requirements for the Minor in Women's Studies,
ii) New course proposals:
W.S. 100-3 Introduction to Women's Studies
W.S. 200-3 Women's Roles: A Comparative Study
W.S. 201-3 Women in Canada 1600-1920
W.S. 202-3 Women in Canada 1920 to the Present
W.S. 203-3 Female Roles in Contemporary Society
W.S. 400-5 Advanced Women's Studies
W.S. 401-5 Research Project
be approved on academic merits and forwarded to the Academic Planning
Committee."
Background
The proposal for an undergraduate program leading to a minor in Women's Studies was
prepared by members of the Simon Fraser University Women's Caucus. It was initially
submitted to the Academic Planning Committee on November 13, 1974, and was approved
in principle by that Committee on November 27, 1974 with the charge that the proposal be
returned to the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee of the Faculty of interdisciplinary
Studies for its consideration. The Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies Undergraduate
Curriculum Committee, after broad consultation with the other social science oriented
departments, approved the proposal on December 11, 1974 and forwarded it to SCUS.
Comments
Professors Andrea Lebowitz (English) and Margaret Benston (Chemistry/Computing
Science) were invited to attend the committee meeting as representatives of the
Women's Caucus. It was made clear at the outset that broad consultation had taken
place between departments within the Faculty of Arts and the members of the Caucus.
It was further noted that the Faculty of Education Undergraduate Committee had
considered the proposal and recommended that it be approved.
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Women's Studies Proposal
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eneral questions were raised about the following points: the extent of interest
n campus; the availability of necessary resources (faculty and space); the academic
viability of the program; the advisability of attempting to implement the program
in September 1975; and whether the proposal should not be more broadly conceived
to include human prejudice in general, rather than restricting itself to the problems
of women.
It was agreed that the Academic Planning Committee would be asked to consider the
question of the availability of resources. It was further agreed that the imple-
mentation date for the program should be set back to January, 1976 and that subse-
quent course scheduling should be revised accordingly.
Each course proposal was then reviewed individually, and the original motion was
approved by a vote of nine to one. The contrary voter asked that it be specifically
stated that the reason for the 'no' vote was a desire to see Women's Studies offered
under the broader rubric of human rights.
The proposal is now returned to the Academic
Planning
Committee for its further
consideration.
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H. Evans, Secretary
to SCUS and Registrar
Dictated but not read
by Dean Brown
Robert C. Brown
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Program in Women's Studies.
In connection with the discussion at the Senate Committee
on -Undergraduate Studies concerning the Women's Studies Proposal and
in particular funding for library resources, I am attaching a copy of a
report from Eve Szabo, Librarian in the Social Sciences Division,, dated
January 29/75
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RECEIVED
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Attachment.
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Eve Szabo Librarian
Social Sciences Division
The growing interest of SFU students in all aspects of women's studies
has been apparent to the Library for the past several years. As stated
in the Pro p
osal for an undergraduate programme in women's studies
(pp.
4
and
25),
student projects in a variety of classes often centre
on some aspect of women's studies. This
continuing
demand is reflected
in the Library's collection policy. Within the fields of history,
political science, sociology, anthropology, economics, education, and
literature, we buy extensively both current and, when available,
retrospective material. The adequacy of the present collection is
reflected in the fact that the Library has 110 of the 130 titles on
the reading lists for the five course proposals.
The Library has also developed a core collection of periodicals pertin-
ent to women's studies. At present we have 30 titles dealing primarily
with this subject plus Women studies abstracts, the major indexing
publication in the field. The attached bibliography gives a good indi-
cation of the scope of the Library's collection and the bibliographic
tools that have been used t. select it.
While the present collection is adequate to support an undergraduate
programme with a minor in women's studies as proposed, a grant of
$,000 at this time would permit the Library to acquire two collections
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SiMON FRASER UNIVERSifY
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of periodicals on microfilm
1
, a reprint
series 2 ,
and some media mate-
rials. This
would immeasurably enrich our collection of source mate-
rials.
It should also be noted that the quantity of material being published
on women's studies is rapidly escalating. If the programme develops
to include a major and a graduate school, it will be essential to en-
large the resources of the collection with some major acquisitions.
There are reprint publications in press which will provide comprehen-
sive documentation of the women's movement. Special funding will be
necessary to buy these. One of the, most comprehensive of these
projects costs, in itself, $20,000. To support the curriculum
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presently under consideration this type of research material is not
necessary but it may become so depending on the emphasis and direction
of the programme as it expands.
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Herstory. Bell and Howell. $550. Covers
1956
to 1971.
Periodicals on women and women's rights. Greenwood Press.
$1415.
Covers
1853 to 1918.
2
Women in America: from colonial times to the 20th century. Arno Press.
Price not yet available.
3
History of women; a bomprehensive collection on microfilm. Research
Publications, Inc. Approximately two million pages mainly from the
Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe, and the Sophia
Smith Collection at Smith College. Covers
11487
to 1920.
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Please find attached the proposal for a Women's Studies Program at Simon Fraser
University. This proposal has been reviewed by the Faculty of Interdisciplinary
Studies undergraduate Studies Committee and has been approved. In addition, it
has been approved in principle by the Academic Planning Committee.
I would appreciate it if you would allow me to invite Dr. Benston and Professor
Lebowitz to accompany me at the meeting at which this program will be discussed.
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Robert C. Brown
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MEMORANDUM
.Wendy Eliot Hurse
Women's Studies Committee, do
R. C.
................Brown, Dean, Interdisciplinary Studies
Subiect.
Proposal for a Women's Studies Program
at S.F.U.
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I have obtained a response to the Proposal for a Women's Studies Program from
Professors June Wyatt and Michael Manley-Casimir of the Faculty of Education.
They were both interested and supportive, in fact, Professor Manley-Casimir
indicated that he would be interested in being closely associated with the progrm.
Furthermore, he recommended that the Faculty of Education offer a course on
Women and Education and he volunteered to develop such a course for inclusion in
the proposed program.
May I suggest that you contact Professor Manley-Casimir should you wish to further
discuss his suggestions.
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PROPOSAL FOR A
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WOMEN'S STUDIES PROGRAM ?
AT S.F.U.
Prepared and submitted by:
M. Benston
C.
Kilgore
S. David
A. Lebowitz
W. Eliot Hurst H.
Newcombe
D.
Janssen
B. Rush
J.
Ismail
M. Webb
July, 1974
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Main Text:
Proposal for a Women's Studies Program.............
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Appendix
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Appendix
B:
Results of Student Opinion Survey..................
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Appendix
C:
Outlines of Core Interdisciplinary Courses.........
p 26
Appendix
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Sample Outlines of Possible Advanced Seminars ......
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Appendix
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Additional Documentation
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General Appeal of the Program
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Implementation and Phasing-In
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Appendix F:
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WOMEN'S STUDIES PROGRAM
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Rationale
The Royal Commission Report on the Status of Women in Canada has
clearly documented that there are discrepancies in equality between men
and women particularly when occupation, education, income, political
power and authority are taken as indicators of status. These inequities
have occurred in other societies and other periods of history, and
programs investigating this phenomenon and examining it in a systematic
and academically rigorous manner are developing in a number of places.
The first women's studies course in North America was offered in 1965
at the Free university of Seattle. The first attempt to influence
traditional curricula at established universities occurred after the 1969
Cornell Conference on Women when a group of female faculty members devised
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course entitled "The Evolution of Female Personality" in order to examine
the history of women, to present various theories on socialization and
sexual development and to ask questions about the nature and role of women.
Adequate treatment of these topics necessitated going outside the bounds of
traditional academic disciplines. (For example History largely deals with
public figures and events. Unless this context is changed, the experience
and lives of women inevitably remain invisible).
The Clearing House Press reports that more than one thousand colleges
now offer women's studies courses and that more than eighty colleges and
universities have women's studies programs. These range from minor or major
programs to fully developed graduate level studies leading to a Master's
degree. Many programs have been incorporated into traditional departments;
others have developed interdisciplinary structures. (See Appendix A on pg. 13)
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Such a rapid proliferation of programs indicates a recognition of the
inequities inherent in the curriculum of higher education. This imbalance
is inevitable as long as academic disciplines unquestioningly accept and
reflect the prevailing social attitudes about the roles of men and women.
A consistent, in depth, and accurate understanding of the experiences and
achievements of women in past and present societies is necessary to rectify
this discrimination.
The proposed Women's Studies program for Simon Fraser University has
been designed to make a significant contribution both to the university
and to the larger community. The status of women is a major current social
concern to most Canadians and its improvement calls for increased under-
standing, knowledge and problem solving skills.
An integration of
the major disciplines would be
used to investigate
the development of this
status, the institutions which
maintain it, and
mechanisms available for generating needed social change.
A women's studies program would be both corrective and supplemental
to the disciplines as presently taught. Current theoretical frameworks
would be examined, to discover and document the ways in which they are
inadequate for the study of women. Where necessary new frames of reference
would be presented in order to provide a more accurate understanding and
interpretation. There is a continuously expanding body of theory and
research available for this task.
II The S.F.U. Women's Studies Program and Its Relation to the Rest of
The University
After carefully studying the structure of women's studies programs
at other institutions, the curriculum committee proposes that Simon Fraser
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University offer an integrated program,.interdisciplinary in nature and
sufficiently comprehensive to offer a m
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scope of women's experience require the combined skills of many disciplines
in order to avoid the
fragmentation
of isolated studies of the one hand
and the superficiality of occasionally offered courses on the other.
At this time, no provincial institution offers upper levels courses
in Women's Studies. The proposed minor program which follows would
correct this situation and provide a place for students, particularly
from Community Colleges, wishing to pursue advanced work in this field.
Since S.F.U. .has a Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies, the program
would fit well into thi structure and complement already existing study
programs. Simon Fraser is the only provincial institution already equipped
to offer such a fully interdisciplinary course of study. The program
would also offer an integrated set of courses (See Section IV) which have
a coherent philosophical basis and follow a progression from introductory
work to advanced studies.
Supplemental to this core program would be designated courses from
other departments. Thus, like other programs in the Faculty of Inter-
disciplinary Studies, Women's Studies would contribute to co-operation
among disciplines and would offer new perspectives and methodologies.
Finally, the scope of the program allows for the possibility of
developing theories and research projects of interest to the larger
intellectual community.
III Background to Women's Studies at S.F.U.
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The grop presenting this proposal has been meeting since December
1973, but interest in women's studies at Simon Fraser goes back much further.
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Since the founding of the women's caucus in 1968, students, staff and
faculty have shown a growing concern with analyzing the experiences of
university women and with relating these to the experience of other women.
The planners of Geography 404 responded to this interest by taking
the study of women as the course topic for Fall Semester 1971. Recognizing
the broader demand for such courses, the Student Society and the Counselling
Service, co-sponsored a non-credit course at Burnaby's McGill Library in the
Summer of 1972. Half of the participants in this course were Simon Fraser
students and half were from the community. The expected enrollment was
exceeded by 50 per cent. The following Fall the Counselling Service in
conjunction with
Continuing
Education offered a similar series entitled
"Images of Women".
The success of the McGill Library course and the increasing
numbers of reading courses on women, led the Dean of Interdisciplinary
Studies to suggest that the organizers of the McGill course submit a
proposal for women's studies at S.F.U. It was acknowledged that if students
were to integrate the diverse material on women, a systematic, theoretical
framework was necessary. The group approached
Continuing
Education with
a proposal in the Spring Semester of 1973. Although reception was
favourable, administrative and financial difficulties prevented
Continuing
Education from mounting any new courses at that time.
Nonetheless, interest in women's studies continued to rise. An
"Ad Hoc Students' Committee for Women's Studies", was formed in the Fall of
1973; courses related to women were offered (for example, English 411);
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more and more students initiated directed readings and submitted papers on
women; and the Counselling Service continued to offer lectures and programs
on women. A recent survey designed and carried out by the Ad Hoc Students'
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Committee, shows that a very high proportion of both female and male
students are interested in a Women's Studies Program. A summary of the
results of this study is to be found in Appendix B on pg. 25.
IV Description of the Program
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General Organization
1.
Orientation
The W.S. Program will be interdisciplinary in approach
and content. The rationale behind this recommendation
is contained in Section I and II above.
2.
Programs
The initial program will begin at the undergraduate
level. The first stage of the program will offer a
minor in W.S. Potential for expansion into a major and
graduate progEam will be investigated once the minor
program is established, operating and evaluated.
3.
Organizational Structure with the University
a) Initial Minor Program
The nucleus of the program will be a core of inter-
disciplinary courses (see below, Section IV, B) at
both the lower and upper division. These will largely
be taught by faculty with appointments in W.S. either
half or full time, or by faculty on release time or on
stipend. Five full time faculty (or their equivalent)
will be needed to mount the initial program.
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The success of the program will also depend on quali-
fied T.A. 's; the number of these will be determined on
a 15 to 1 basis once enrollment figures are received.
b)
Administration of the Program
The administration will consist of a co-ordinating com-
mittee, the voting members to be made up of faculty
teaching either the interdisciplinary or designated
courses (see Sec. A4, a & b) in consultation with other
faculty and students who have been part of the program.
The voting members of the co-ordinating committee will
nominate a chairperson to act as co-ordinator for the
program and will forward the nomination to the Dean for
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approval. The chairperson will serve a one year term
with the possibility of reappointment for a maximum of
three consecutive terms.
c)
Responsibilities of the Co-ordinating Committee
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administration of the existing program and
development of new courses
ii designation of courses outside the program which
will be accepted for credit toward the W.S. minor
iii exploration and possible development of a major
and graduate program
iv identification of transfer credits acceptable
for the minor
v search committee for recommending new fuiltime
appointments to W.S. Participation on search
committees for recommending joint appointments
with other departments
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liason with departments and their curriculum
committees
vii liason with continuind education in developing
community programs for women
viii recommendations on library acquisitions
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Kinds of Courses Allowed for Credit toward the Minor in W.S.
a) Interdisciplinary courses taught within the program.
These are described in Section IV, B, 2.
b)
Standing courses within departments which are
designated by the W.S. co-ordinating committee as having
sufficient W.S. content. Few such courses exist at this
time and one of the goals of the program will be to
encourage their development within existing departments.
c)
Courses which in any given semester have a high W.S.
content. The co-ordinating committee will consider
student applications for designating such courses as
generally applicable for W.S. credit for that semester.
Such one semester offerings have been given rather more
often at S.F.U. than those descrived in (b) above (see
Section III). The existence of a W.S. program will provide
a framework within which the student would obtain greater
benefit from these hitherto isolated courses. Both
categories (b) and (c) of offerings in specific departments
will serve to provide additional choices for students in
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B Details of the Program
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Requirements for the minor in W.S.
a) Lower
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Nine semester hour credits of which
three must be in W.S. 100-3. The remaining six to be
fulfilled by choosing two courses from W.S. 200-3,
201-3, 202-3, 203-3. Upon application by the student,
courses outside the program and/or the university may
be approved as substitutions for the 200
division
courses.
All students in the minor program must complete
W.S. 100-3 or an approved equivalent.
b) Upper
Division:
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Fifteen semester hour credits of which
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five must be in W.S. 400-5. Minor students must fulfill
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lower level requirements before enrolling in 400
numbered courses for use on the minor except with
permission of the Co-ordinating Committee.
2.
Interdisciplinary Courses in Women's Studies
a) Lower division:
W.S. 100-3: Introduction to Women's Studies
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(2-1-0)
An interdisciplinary study of the development of female roles.
The course will focus on the work of women in the home, the labour
force and the arts. It will concentrate on Europe and North America
from 1800 to the present.
W.S. 200-3: Women's Roles: A Comparative Study
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This course will follow from W.S. 100-3 and will take up in more detail
a variety of the issues raised there. The focus will be on the situa-
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tion of women in cross-cultural perspective using literary, historical,
anthropological and other appropriate sources.
Prerequisite - W.S. 100-3
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W.S. 201-3: Women in Canada 1600-1920
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(2-1-0)
The course will investigate the lives of women who did not achieve
public fame. Primary data will be collected from the diaries,
memoirs, letters and literary works of Canadian women.
W.S. 202-3: Women in Canada 1920 to the Present
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(2-1-0)
The course will focus on the unpaid work of women in the home in
conjunction
with their increasing entry into wage work throughout
this period. The effect of this change on family structure,
women's roles and education and on ideas of women's place will be
examined, using memoirs and literary sources plus sociological,
historical and economic material.
W.S. 203-3: Female Roles in Contemporary Society
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(2-1-0)
An interdisciplinary study of definition of self/other as
derived from sexual roles and the psychological mechanisms by
which such definitions are acquired and maintained.
Prerequisite - W.S. 100-3.
b) Upper division:
W.S. 400-5: Advanced Women'.s Studies
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(2-3-0)
A study and critique of the assumptions of existing disciplines as
they refer to the study of women. This course is designed as
corrective and supplemental to the various disciplines as they
are currently taught.
Prerequisite - W.S. 100-3,and any two of W.S. 200-3. 201-3,
202-3, 203-3.
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W.S. 401-5: Research Project
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(0-1-4)
Individual or small group studies of community problems.
The student(s) will submit a prospectus for the project at least
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two months before the study is undertaken. The project will
be directed by one of the faculty members of the program.
Prerequisite - W.S. 100-3 and any two of W.S. 200-3, 201-3,
202-3, 203-3.
W.S. 402-5 through 410-5: Advanced Seminar
Specialized seminars offered within the program or designated
from courses outside the department.
(No approval is sought for any of these at present. Appendix D
contains sample outlines and/or calendar descriptions of possible
advanced seminars which could be added as the program develops.
These are included only to show the potential scope of the program)
W.S. 411-5 through 414-5: Directed Reading
(No approval is sought for these at present)
3.
Core Courses
The core program is based on the following courses: W.S. 100-3, 200-3,,
201-3, 202-3, 203-3, 400-5 and 401-5. These form the nucleus
of the proposed program and the committee which prepared this
proposal will seek approval of these seven courses as soon
as possible after initial approval of the program. Course
outlines and bibliographies for these are given in Appendix C
on pg. 26.
4.
Scheduling
W.S. 100-3 will be offered every semester. At least two of
the 200 numbered courses will be offered in each of the Fall
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and Spring semesters. At least one of the 200 numbered
courses will be offered
in
the Summer semester.
W.S.
400-5 will be offered
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At least one other 400 division course will be offered
each semester.
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Faculty Resources
1.
General Comments
The experimental, interdisciplinary nature of the program
will require several kinds of appointments: (1) three full
time appointments, (2) joint appointments with existing
departments, (3) S.F.U. faculty who teach the inter-
disciplinary courses on release time from their own depart-
ment or on stipend and (4) sessional lecturers. This
combination of teaching personnel will provide both continuity
and a continued input of new ideas and new approaches.
In
Canada and in a number of other countries there are scholars
now doing important work in Women's Studies who could be
brought in as special sessional lecturers to give additional
depth to the program. The special flexibility of the tri-
mester system would allow us to exploit this resource fully.
2.
Resources at S.F.U.
There are already a sufficient number of interested and
qualified faculty at S.F.U. to mount several courses
in
the core interdisciplinary program.
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Implementation
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January
1976.
Appointment of interim co-ordinating committee
to consist of representatives from each faculty plus a rep-
resentative from the student society, one from the staff,
the Co-ordinator of
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and any faculty who become eligible for the regular
co-ordinating committee.. This committee will carry out
the duties given in Section IV, A, 3, cof the regular
co-ordinating committee. In particular, it will be
responsible for (1) implementing the program (2) being
a search committee for faculty appointments (3) nomination
of an interim chairperson to serve until January, 1976,
(4) establishment of a general office and a secretarial
staff.
2.
January
1976.
W.S. 100-3
offered for the
first time. Beginning of designation of courses in
departments as suitable for women's studies credit. First
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full time appointment.
3.
May
1976. W.S. 1003,
W.S. 200-3 and W.S. 400-5 offered.
'1ew appointments. Regular co-
ordinating committee assumes office.
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Appendix A
The following is a selective listing and description of Women's Studies
programmes and courses in North America:
SIR GEORGE WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY
DATE OF INCEPTION: Courses since 1971
Programme begun 197314
SCOPE OF PROGRAMME: Programme is directed by a steering committee of four
faculty members from different departments under the
jurisdiction of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies.
Offered as a joint-major component, the programme is
designed for students who wish to combine Women's Studies
with another discipline such as history, sociology, psy-
chology, etc. To complete a joint-major, a student must
take two approved sequences of five 6 credit courses or
equivalents in two specific fields.
Two permanent courses in Women's Studies are offered by
the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies, two by the
Department of Religion, and one each by the Departments
of History, Psychology, Sociology and Political Science.
With the permission of the Women's Studies Advisor, a
student may substitute other courses to fulfill degree
requirements.
CREDITS & DEGREES: A B.A. is offered with Women's Studies as one component
of a joint-major.
POST B.A. OFFERINGS: None at this time, but graduate work pertaining to women
is being done within other disciplines.
FACULTY: Faculty are paid by their own departments and are assigned release
time to teach in Women's Studies.
FUNDING: Under the In Lerdi sci p11 nary budget.
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UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
DATE OF INCEPTION: Fall, 1973
SCOPE OF PROGRAMME: The programme is directed by a committee reporting to
the Dean of Arts.
The framework for teaching is interdisciplinary.
The format consists of a permanent course of interdisci-
plinary lectures presenting multiple perspectives on the
role function and expression of women in various soci-
eties. Seminars complementing this course are offered
by each of four disciplines (English, Anthropology,
Sociology and Psychology - it is hoped that in the fu-
ture more disciplines will be
added).
Students take
either the lecture course and a seminar or the lecture
course alone.
CREDITS & DEGREES: 3 units of General Arts credit are assigned for the
lecture
3 units of credit are assigned to the department prc-
senting the seminar
No degrees are offered.
POST B.A. OFFERINGS: No formal Women's Studies work is being done, but several
students are doing graduate work pertaining to women
within their own disciplines. ?
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FACULTY: At present, faculty teaching in Women's Studies have been given re-
lease time by their departments to do so. In addition, faculty
members from other disciplines and faculties give guest lectures
and participate in panel discussions and seminar meetings.
FUNDING: Women's Studies is alloted funds from the General Arts budget.
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UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO
DATE OF INCEPTION: Fall, 1972
SCOPE OF PROGRAMME: This is an interdisciplinary programme - a selection
of courses concerning women are offered through the
departments of Sociology and Anthropology, Psychology,
English, political Science and history.
There are 9 permanent courses, with additional courses
being offered from time to time.
CREDITS & DEGREES: Credits are assigned to the discipline under which each
course is being presented.
FACULTY: Courses are taught within each department by members of that faculty.
FUNDING: Departmental.
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, hAYWARD
DATE OF INCEPTION: Fall, 1973
SCOPE OF PROGRAMME: The programme is under the direction of a steering com-
mittee reporting to the Dean of Undergraduate Studies.
(This is the case with all General Studies programmes.)
To fulfill requirements a student must take:
- two required courses devoted specifically to Women's
Studies
- two electives relating specifically to women, their
problems, and/or needs (i.e. Psychology of Women)
- and other elective courses relating to women ap-
proved by the Women's Studies Advisor to make up
a total of 30 units
Approximately 40 courses which could be applied to Women's
Studies were offered in 197314.
CREDITS & DEGREES: A Minor in rvomen's Studies is recorded on the student's
transcript in addition to the regular academic major.
POST B.A. OFFERINGS: None at this time-
FACULTY: Faculty are given release time by their departments to teach in Women':;
Studies. Their dcpirLrnCfltS are financially cOfllpCfldStCd by General
Studies.
0
FUNDING: Budget is assigned through General Studies.
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UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
DATE OF INCEPTION: Spring, 1972
SCOPE OF PROGJ?A114E: A co-ordinator and steering committee direct the pro-
gramrne under the division of General Studies.
The undergraduate major requires at least five courses
in Women's Studies, 35 credits in relevant departmental
courses, and a senior thesis.
Approximately 30 courses are offered per year.
CREDITS & DEGREES: The University of Washington offers a B.A. in Women's
Studies.
POST B.A. OFFERINGS: None at present although many students have shaped
their graduate work in other departments to fit their
interests in Women's Studies.
FACULTY: Women's Studies is an interdepartmental programme and faculty are
either given release time by their own departments or are paid by
General Studies.
FUNDING: The college of Arts and Sciences funds Women's Studies through
General Studies. This is a permanent allocation of funds.
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UNIVERSITY OF
HAWAII
DATE OF INCEPTION: 1972
SCOPE OF PROGRAMME: Directed by a steering committee under the jurisdiction
of the Dean of Liberal Studios
There are ten permanent Women's Studies courses which
are primarily concerned with (1) a critdcal exploration
and analysis of the methodology and assumptions of
traditional disciplines and (2) content in areas relat-
ing specifically to women. These core courses deal with
such topics as women in history, literature by women,
women and the law, women in the Arts, etc.
Undergraduates construct their own multidisciplinary
curriculum to meet university and college requirements,
planned around an emphasis in Women's Studies. Recoin-
mended for the major are the academic basics in art,
anthropology, biologLj,.'.histOry, literature, political
science, psychology, sociology, etc., to provide students
with skills, content, and techniques to apply to the
study of topics and issues relating to women.
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CREDITS & DEGREES: A B.A. in Women's Studies is offered through Liberal
Studies.
POST B.A. OFFERINGS: Although most courses are geared for undergraduates,
several graduate seminars have been offered on a one-
seme,ter basis.
Graduate work pertaining to women is being done in
other disciplines.
FACULTY: Faculty are paid by their own departments and are assigned release
time to teach in Women's Studies.
FUNDING: Other than faculty salaries, funds are supplied by the Department
of Liberal Studies.
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WOMEN'S STUDIES IN NORTH AMERICA
CANADA
INSTITUTIONS OFFERING PROGRAMMES IN WOMEN'S STUDIES
ALBERTA, UNIVERSITY OF, Edmonton, Alta.
- programme offered under the extension department
also offers courses under aegis of different departments
which are designated by the Women's Studies Programme
Co-ordinators
- no degree offered
LOYOLA COLLEGE, Montreal, Quebec
- programme offered under the Department of Interdisciplinary
Studies
MANITOBA, UNIVERSITY OF, Fort Carry, Manitoba
- programme offered through the InterdisicplinarY Studies Dept.
- also gives credit for certain courses undertaken in other
departments
i
sSAULT COLLEGE OF APPLIED ARTS & TECHNOLOGY, Ontario
- interdisciplinary programme in Women's Studies
SIR GEORGE WILLIAMS, Montreal, Quebec
- offers a B.A. with a joint-major component in Women's Studies
WATERLOO, UNIVERSITY OF, Waterloo, Ontario
- interdisciplinary programme in Women's Studies
WINNIPEG, UNIVERSITY OF, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
- programme in Women's Studies under the Department of Contin-
uing Education
- also designates courses offered through the separate depart-
ments
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S
INSTITUTIONS
,
OFFFRTNC COURSE SERIES IN WOMEN'S STUDIES
BRITISH COLUMBIA, UNIVERSITY OF, Vancouver, B.C.
- courses offered for General Arts Credit, interdisciplinary
in nature
CALGARY, UNIVERSITY OF, Cal
.
gaflJ, Alta.
- credit courses in Women's Studies offered through the Depart-
ment of Interdisciplinary Studies
DOUGLAS COLLEGE, Burnaby, B.C.
- offers interdisciplinary courses in Women's Studies
HUMBER COLLEGE, Rexdale, Ontario
- offers credit courses in Women's Studies under the Interdisci-
plinary Department
MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY, Newfoundland
- interdisciplinary course offered as part of General Arts 1st
year
SENECA COLLEGE OF APPLIED ARTS & TEChNOLOGY, Ontario
- interdisciplinary courses in Women's Studies offered for credit
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SHERIDAN COLLEGE, Oakville, Ontario
- offers a series of courses in Women's Studies for General Arts
credit
TORONTO, UNIVERSITY OF, Toronto, Ontario
- offers interdisciplinary courses in Women's Studies for credit
- also offers woman-oriented courses through departments
- the Department of Sociology has a specialization in sex roles
for Ph.D. comprehensives.
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INSTITUTIONS OFFERING WOMEN'S STUDIES - ORIENTED COURSES THROUGH DEPARTMENTS
BRANDON UNIVERSITY, Brandon, Manitoba
BRESCIA COLLEGE, Ontario
CAPIIO COLLEGE, British Columbia
CARLETON UNIVERSITY, Ontario
GUELPJI, UNIVERSITY OF, Ontario
LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY, Ontario
MCMASTER UNIVERSITY, Ontario
MONTREAL, UNIVERSITE DE, Montreal, Quebec
ST. FRANCIS XAVIER, Nova Scotia
SASKATCHEWAN, UNIVERSITY OF, Saskatchewan
WINDSOR UNIVERSITY, Ontario
YORK UNIVERSITY, Ontario
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?
WOMEN'S STUDIES
IN NORTh AMERICA
UNITED STATES
MFN"S STUDIES
B.A.
& MJ. PROGRAMMES
,
IN WO
CALIFORNIA STATE
UNIVERSITY, San Francisco, California
- B.A. programme in Women's Studies
DOUGLASS COLLEGE, New Brunswick, New Jersey
- B.A. programme in Women's Studies
CAMBRIDGEIGODDARD GRADUATE SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL CHANGE, Cambridge, Ma
ss
-- offers an M.A. in Feminist Studies
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Washington, D.C.
- offers an M.A. programme in Women's Studies
GODDARD COLLEGE, Plainfield, Vermont
- B.A. programme in Feminist Studies
HAWAII, UNIVERSITY OF, Honolulu, Hawaii
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-
B.A. programme in Women's
.studies
HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES, Geneva, N.Y.
- offer a B.A. programme in Women's Studies
KANSAS, UNIVERSITY OF, Lawrence, Kansas
- B.A. programme in Women's Studies
MASSACHUSETTS, UNIVERSIT
Y
OF, Amherst, Mass.
- B.A. prograflufl
f
3
in Feminist Studies
NEW ROCHELLE, COLLEGE OF, New Rochelle, N.Y.
- offers an jtrdi5Ciplj
?
majOr in Women'S Studies
NEW YORK, STATE UNIVERSITY OF, old Westbury, Long Island, N.Y.
- offers a B.A. programme in Women's Studies
RICHMOND COLLEGE, CUNY, Staten Island, N.Y.
- B.A. programme in Women's Studies
ROGER WILLIAMS COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY WITHOUT WALTS, Suffern, N.Y.
?
- offer a B.A. prograflunC in Women'S Studies
is
?
sliitl,l LAWRENCE COLLEGE, I3ronXVilje, New York
-
offers a N.A. under the I/omen's IIistOr9 Programme
WASHINGTON, UNIVERSIT
Y
OF, Seattle, Washington
- offers a 13. A. pro grwnrnc in Women 's Studies
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PROGRAMMES IN 1
.
/OMEN 'S STUDIES NOT STRUCTURED TO GIVE-BACHELOR DEGREES
- programmes listed without a specific label offer a roster
of elective courses
MJU3AME, UNIVERSITY OF, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
ALVERNO COLLEGE, Milwaukee, Wisc.
ANTIOCH COLLEGE, Yellow Springs
ARIZONA, UNIVERSITY OF,
TuscOfl,
Arizona
BARNARD COLLEGE, New York, N.Y.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Boston, Mass.
CABRILLO COLLEGE, AptoS, Calif.
CALIFORNIA STATE COLLEGE (BAKERSFIELD, HAYWARD, SAN BERNARDINO)
--Hayward offers a minor in Women's Studies
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY (CHICO, FRESNO, LONG BEACH, SACRAMENTO)
- all offer minors in Women's Studies
CALIFORNIA
STATE UNIVERSITY
(JIUMI3OLDT,
SAN DIEGO,
SAN JOSE,
SONOMA)
CALIFORNIA,
UNIVERSITY OF,
(BERKELEY,
IRVINE, LOS
ANGELES,
SANTA CRUZ)
CITY COLLEGE, CUNY, New York, N.Y.
CORNELL UNIVERSITY- Ithaca, N.Y.
DELAWARE, UNIVERSITY OF, Newark, New Jersey
- offers programme through
continuing
education
DIABW VALLEY COLLEGE, Pleasant Hill, Calif.
FIVE COLLEGES (Amherst; Hampshire, Massachusetts, Univ. of, Amherst; Mount
Holyoke; Smith)
GOVERNORS STATE UNIVERSITY, Park Forest South, Illinois
HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE, Amherst, M
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HUNTER COLLEGE, CUNY, New York, N. Y.
LANEY COLLEGE, Oakland, Calif.
..
?
LOS ANGELES IIAUBOR COLLEGE, Wilmington, Calif.
- offers an A.A. degree in Women's Studies
MASSACHUSETTS, UNIVERSITY OF, Boston, Mass.
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PROGRAMMES IN
NOT sTrwcTuRrD TO
- ?
WOMEN'S STUD rrs
?
C
,1V1 BACHELOR DEGREES (cnt'd)
MINNESOTA, UNIVERSITY OF, Minneapolis, Minn.
MUNDELEIN COLLEGE, Chicago, Illinois
NEVADA, UNIVERSITY OF, Reno, Nevada
NEW MEXICO, UNIVERSITY OF, Albuquerque, New Mexico
NEW YORK, STATE UNIVERSITY OF, Albany, N.Y.
- programme offers a minor in Women's Studies
NEW YORK, STATE UNIVERSITY OF, Buffalo, N.Y.
NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, Chicago, Ill.
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY, CornvalliS, Oregon
OREGON, UNIVERSITY OF, Eugene, Oregon
PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF, Philadelphia, Pa.
PITTSBURGH, UNIVERSITY OF, Pittsburgh, Pa.
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY, Portland, Oregon
PUGET SOUND, UNIVERSITY OF, Tacoma, Wash.
PURDUE UNIVERSITY, Fort Wayne
QUEENS COLLEGE, CUNY, Flushing, N.Y.
RAMAPO COLLEGE, Nahway, New Jersey
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, Newark, New Jersey
Offers a minol' in Women's Studies
SANGAMON STATE UNIVERSITY, Springfield, Ill.
SOUTH CAROLINA, UNIVERSITY OF, Columbia, S.C.
- program offers a minor in Women's Studies
SOUTh! FLORIDA, UNIVERSITY OF, Tampa, Florida
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, Edwardsville, Ill.
SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY, Dallas, Texas
STOCKTON STATE COLLEGE, Pomona, New Jersey
TOWSON STATE COLLEGE, Towson, Md.
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-m,rnrJ'C
pjf'
P7?11CP1JRTD TO
GIVE BACHELOR DECREES (cont'd)
UTIlE, UNIVERSITY OF, Salt Lake City, Utah
WAYNE COUNTY C C, Detroit, Mich.
WEBER
STATE
COLLEGE, Ogden, Utah
WESLEY/IN UNIVERSITY, Middletown, Conn
WESTERN WASHINGTON STATE, Bellingham, Wash.
- offers a minor in Women's Studies
WISCONSIN STATE UNIVERSITY, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
WISCONSIN, UNIVERSITY OF, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
WITTENDERG UNIVERSITY, Springfield, Ohio
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ppendix B
46
CONSTITUENCY
Below are the results of a student opinion survey conducted by the Ad
Hoc Committee for Women's Studies at SPU during the Summer term, 1974. The
total sample included 209 students, of which 124 were lower level and 85
upper level.
93 of the respondents said they would like to see a Women's Studies Programme
offered at Simon Fraser
579 of thos sampled were interested in enrolling in a course in a Women's
Studies Programme (90 of the females, and 43 of the males)
32 of the students replied that they are doing or have done a paper or re-
search project on women in their regular course work at SF1J
63 of those who answered would like to see either a major or minor degree
in Women's Studies offered at this university.
27 responded that they would be interested in majoring or minoring in Women's
Studies.
This study was not intended to be definative, but rather to provide pre-
liminary results about the level of interest in Women's Studies among students
at SFU. The figures do indicate a very high level of interest in expanding
the academic investigation of women. The responses support the statement that
the students at this university feel the need for a Women's Studies Programme,
would enroll in substantial numbers, and would take a degree in such a programme.
ED
MWAPM
S
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Appendix C
The following pages contain outlines and bibliographies for the
core courses. The committee will seek approval of these courses as
soon as possible after initial approval of the program.
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W.S. 100-3: Introduction to Women's Studies
This course will put women as individuals in social context and give in
overview of society that includes the contributions made by women. A
main focus will be on Western Europe and North America. The course
will
include an examination of the way in which work roles of women and
men changed as present industrial society developed and will also examine
social institutions, cultural roles, psychological effects and legal
codes as they relate to the basic structure of women's daily lives.
?
1. ?
Introduction: Defining the problem in present day Canada (3 weeks)
a.
Ideas of women's place
b.
The statistical women and the statistical man
c.
Women in the media and school curriculum
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d. Legal codes
e. Findings of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women
?
2. ?
Biological and social bases for women's roles (2 weeks)
a.
Physical evolution
b.
Development of human society
?
3.
?
Women in developing industrial society: W. Europe/N. America
(5 weeks)
a.
Changes in work and family patterns due to the industrial
revolution
b.
The Canadian situation:, work and family life in the 18th and
.9th century
c.
Growth of the culture of industrial society. Theories ofsociety
and women's place; social life education, legal codes.
ci.
First women's movement, its sources and consequences
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4.
?
Women in the 20th Century: W. Europe/N. America (3 weeks)
a.
Further change in work and family patterns
b.
New ideas of women's place. Growth of psychoanalytic theories
C.
The second feminist movement -- causes and possible con-
sequences.
Possible Reading List
REPORT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON THE
STATUS OF WOMEN
Shulman, Alix
MEMOIRS OF AN EX-PROM QUEEN
Publications of the DBS
such as WOMEN IN THE LABOUR FORCE 1973
Canadian Women's Press
WOMEN UNITE
Gough, Kathleen
WOMEN IN EVOLUTION
Leacock, Eleanor
INTRODUCrtON TO ORIGIN OF FAMILY, PRIVATE
PROPERTY AND THE STATE, Engels
Tiger, L.
MEN IN GROUPS, & responses
Pinchbeck, I.
WOMEN WORKERS IN THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Hewitt, Margaret
WIVES AND MOTHERS IN VICTORIAN INDUSTRY
Neff, Wanda
VICTORIAN WORKING WOMEN
Vicinus, M., ed.
SUFFER AND BE STILL
Woolf, Virginia
A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN
Ibsen
THE DOLLS HOUSE
Rowbotharn, S.
HIDDEN FROM HISTORY
Sykes, Ella
HOME HELP IN CANADA
Corrective Collective
NEVER DONE: THREE CENTURIES OF WOMEN'S
WORK IN CANADA
Kraditor, E.
IDEAS OF WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT
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Cleverdon, K.
Flexnor, E.
Richardson, Dorothy
Myrdal & Klein
Frieden, B.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT IN CANADA
CENTURY OF STRUGGLE
THE LONG DAY
WOMEN'S TWO ROLES
THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE
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W.. 200-3: Women's Roles: It Comparative Study
This course will follow from W.S. 100-3 and will t..ike up in more detail
a variety of the issues raised there. The focus will be on the situation
of women in cross-Cultural perspective using literary, historical, anthro-
pological and other appropriate sources.
1.
Problems of ethnocentricit
y
in the study of women (2 weeks)
Positive and negative examples will be discussed.
2.
Methods for comparative studies (2 weeks)
Analysis and critique of evolutionary theory, stagcS of develop-
ment models and various typologies as they relate to forms of the
family and the status of women in various societies.
3.
Regional studies - selected contemporary and historial societies
(9 weeks)
Aspects compared will include:
sexual division of labour
patterns of child care and rearing
marriage, family and kinship organization
legal status of women
women's associations
women artists and artisans
political participations and representation
education
Societies to be studied will be selected from the following:
North Africa
Sub Saharan Africa
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Mid-East
Soviet Union
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South Asia
China
Southeast
Asi
Latin America'
Possible Reading List
General:
Jacobs, Sue-Ellen
WOMEN IN PERSPECTIVE: ?
A GUIDE FOR CROSS
CULTURAL STUDIES
Rosaldo, Michelle Zimbalist
WOMAN CULTURE AND SOCIETY
Glazer-Malbin, Nora and Helen
Youngelson Wacher, eds.
?
WOMAN IN A MAN-
MADE WORLD
Engels, Frederick
ORIGINS OF THE FAMILY, PRIVATE PROPERTY
5
AND THE STATE
Rowbothain, Sheila
WOMEN, RESISTANCE AND REVOLUTION
Africa:
Bowen, Elenore Snith
RETURN TO LAUGHTER
Canadian Journal of African
Studies
?
THE ROLES OF AFRICAN WOMEN:
?
PAST
PRESENT AND FUTURE, vol. 6, no. 2, 1972
Cohen, Ronald
THE KANURI OF BORNU
Middleton, John
THE WGBARA OF UGANDA
Pauline, Denise, ed.
WOMEN OF TROPICAL AFRICA
Elam, Yi tzckak
THE SOCIAL AND SEXUAL ROLES OF IJIMA
WOMEN
Leith-Ross, Sylvia
AFRICAN WOMEN
•
Fanon, Frntc
A DYING COLONIALISM
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Asia:
Sidel, Ruth
WOMEN AND CHILDCARE IN CHINA
Pruitt, Ida, ed.
DAUGHTER OF HAN
Wolf, Marjorie
WOMEN AND THE FAMILY IN RURAL TAIWAN
Fernea, Elizabeth
GUESTS OF THE SHEIK
Firth, Rosemary
HOUSEKEEPING AMONG MALAY PEASANTS
Goodale, Jane
TIWI WIVES
Kartini, Raden Adjeng
LETTERS OF AJAVANESE PRINCESS
Geertz, Hi.ldred
THE JAVANESE FAMILY
Strathern, Marilyn
WOMEN IN BETWEEN
Talmon, Vonina
FAMILY AND COMMUNITY IN TH
.
E KIBBUTZ
Reyrhond, Li zelle
14Y LIFE WITH A BRAHMIN FAMILY
.
Young, Marilyn B., ed.
WOMEN IN CHINA
Bc net, Sula
THE VILLAGE OF VIRIATINE
St. George, George
OUR SOVIET SISTERS
Geiger, H. Kent
THE FAMILY IN SOVIET RUSSIA
Halle, Fannina
WOMEN IN SOVIET
?
RUSSIA
WOMEN IN SOVIET EAST
Smith, Jessica
WOMEN IN SOVIET RUSSIA
Snow, Helen Foster
WOMEN IN MODERN CHINA
Myrdal, Jan
REPORT FROM A CHINESE VILLAGE
Latin America:
Sutherland, Elizabeth
THE YOUNGEST REVOLUTION
Chinas, Beverly
THE ISTHMUS ZAPOTECS: WOMEN'S ROLES IN
CULTURAL CONTEXT
.
Pescatello, Ann, ed
FEMALE AND HALE IN LATIN AMERICA
Randall, Margaret
CUBAN WOMEN NOW
Lewis, Oscar
FIVE
FAMILIES
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W.S. 201-3: Women jnC.inada 1600-1920
The course will investigate the lives of women, who did not achieve public
fame. Preimary data will be collected from the diaries, memoirs, letters
and literary works of Canadian women.
1.
The pioneer experience (5 weeks)
This will, include pioneer experiences from different time periods
and geographical areas.
2.
Wage work (4 weeks)
Home related wage work (domestic service, dressmaking, etc.) will
be studied first, and this will be followed by an investigation
of newer work fields for women: factories, saleswork, clerical
work, etc.
3.
organizational work (2 weeks)
Charitable, educational and political organizations (including
suffrage) will be discussed.
4 ?
Women as artist (2 weeks)
Throughout the course women's literary wo:k will be studied as
source material as well as art objects. In this final section,
the problems specific to women artists will be discussed.?
Throughout ,the course will focus on the work women do inside as well as
outside the home.
Possible Readinq List
?
.
Moodie, Susanna
?
ROUGHING IT IN THE BUS!!
McClung, Nellie L.
?
CLE1ING IN Till' WEST
• Ostenso, Martha
?
WILD GEESE
Berton, Laura Beatrice
?
I MARRIED
THE KWNDIKL'
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Duncan, Sara Jeannette
?
THE IMPERIALIST
McClung, Nellie
L.
?
THE STREAM RUNS FAST
McClung, Nellie
L.
?
IN TIMES
LIKE THESE
Studies of the Royal Commission
on
the Status of
WOmen
in Canada. No. 8.
?
"Cultural Tradition and the Political History of Women in Canada".
Carr,
Emily
?
GROWING PAINS
Roy, Gabrielle
?
THE ROAD PAST ALTAMONT
Abrahamson, Una
?
GOD
BLESS OUR
HOME:
DOMESTIC LIFE IN
19 TI!
CENTURY CANADA
Bannerman, Jean
?
LEADING LADIES: CANADA 1639-1967
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W.S. 202-3: Women in Canada 1920 to the Present
The course will focus on the work of women in and
out
of
the
home (i.e.
unpaid and paid work). The most significant event in the period is the
steadily increasing percentage of women who do wage work
for
part, if not
all,
of their adult lives. This affects
their
role in the home, and con-
versely, their responsibility in the home
determines
the type of education
they receive and the kinds of'jobs most of them hold.
?
1. ?
The 20's (3 weeks)
a.
women's work in the home
b.
types of female wage work
c.
changes in domestic technology and their consequences
a. consequences
of
the federal franchise in
the
political and
and legal sphere; the "Persons Case"
?
2. ?
The Depression (2 weeks)
a. women in the home
and in
wage work
b.
the relative accessibility of male and
female
employment
c.
consequences
of male unemployment on the home and family
3. ?
The 40-s (2 weeks)
a.
female wage work during WWII, did it change significantly,
was there an increase in female employment
b.
effects (short
and long term) of the war on types of female
wage work
C.
consequences of
end
of war for women in home and wage work
d. the war's effect on standards of social
behaviour
. ?
4. ?
The 50's: triumph of the media (3 weeks)
a. The psychology and definition of the housewife as presented
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through verbal and visual forms of the media. The growing
impact of U.S. cultural definitions of sexual roles on Canada:
i comparison of the Canadian and American situation of
women
ii consequences of the imposition of a foreign norm of behaviour
on the Canadian women
b.
?
trends of female employment
in professional and other
of wage work
5. ?
The 60's
?
(3 weeks)
a.
?
changes in education for women
b.
?
changes in employment
patterns
c. ?
women's role in the home
d.
?
women and the law
e. ?
poverty and women
f. ?
political involvement
Possible Reading List
Stephenson, Marylee
WOMEN IN CANADA
Andersen, Margaret
MOTHER WAS NOT A PERSON
Zaremba, Eve
PRIVILEDGE OF SEX
Cleverdon, Catherine L.
THE WOMAN SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT
IN
CANADA
Innis, Mary Quayle, ed.
THE
CLEAR SPIRIT
ThcGill, Elsie
MY MOTHER THE JUDGE
Hacker, Carlotta
THE INDOMITABLE LADY DOCTORS
McClung, Nellie
THE STREAM
RUNS
FAST
IN TIMES LIKE TllLSE, etc.
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Roy, Gabrielle
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THE TIN FLUTE, etc.
Wilson, Ethel
?
SWAMP ANGEL, etc.
Laurence, Margaret
?
THE STONE ANGEL
A JEST OF GOD, etc.
Munroe, Alice
?
LIVES OF GIRLS AND WOMEN
Report of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada and the
series of studies derived from the commission.
.
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to
.
W.S. 203-3: FeTnaleRolmn Contemporary Society
An interdisciplinary study of definition of self/other as derived from
sexual roles and the psychological mechanisms by which such definitions
are acquired and maintained.
?
1.
?
Women's contemporary situation (1 week)
Introductio
n
and overview
?
2. ?
Sex
differences (2 weeks)
a.
roles, function, status
b.
cognitive style and intellectual functioning
c.
behaviour
a. interpersonal interaction
3.
?
Acquisition of sex differences (3 weeks)
a. examination of evidence concerning biological sex differences
b sex roles and socialization
.1. ?
child rearing techniques
ii ?
toy industry, children's books
media
iv
?
schools
4.
?
I4ainteflaflCe of sex differences (2 weeks)
a.
marriage and the family
b.
structure of language and thought
C . media
d.
social and political policy
e.
the self (internalization)
5.
?
psychological effects of sex differences (3 weeks)
a.
self concept
b.
behaviour
C.
the female and mental health
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S6.
Changing roles of women (2
weeks)
a. ?
mechanisms of change
I
?
internal
ii
?
external
b.
?
optimal personality development
possible Readin9 List
READINGS ON THE PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN
BardwiCk, J.
Chessler, Phyllis
WOMEN AND MADNESS
EMOTIONAL SELF DEFENSE GflOUPS FOR WOMEN
David, Sara
GarSkof, M.
ROLES WOMEN PLAY
Gornick, Vivian, and Barbara Moran, eds. WOMEN IN SEXIST SOCIETY
GreenglasS, Esther
PSYCHOLOGY OF WOIIEN
Jfcrshberger, Ruth
ADAM'S RIB
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Elizabeth
MAN'S WORLD, WOMAN'S PLACE
Janeway,
journal of Social Issues, 1972,
Vol.
?
28, No.
?
2
Kimball, Meredith
WOMEN AND SUCCESS
SEX ROLE IMAGERY IN CHILDREN
?
SOCIAL
Lambert, R. D.,
ORIGINS OF MIND, Studies of the Royal
Commission on the Status of Women in Canada
No. 6
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEX DIFFERENCES
MaccOby, E., ed.
SEX TYPING AND SOCIALIZATION, in Musson,
MisChCl, Walter
Paul, ed., Carmichael's Manual of Child
Psychology
Tavr.iS, Carol
THE FEMALE EXPERIENCE
SEX ROLE SOCIALIZATION: TIlE ADULT EXPERIENCE
Tobias, Shcilil
S
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN: A PARTIALLY
WlstCdt,
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J.J.
ANNOTATED DIDLIOGUAPIIY
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Wortis, Rochelle
?
THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE CONCEPT OF THE
MATERNAL ROLE BY BEHAVIOURAL SCIENTISTS:
IT'S EFFECTS ON WOMEN
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W.S.
400-5
Advanced Women's Studies
A study and critique of the assumptions of existing disciplines as they refer
to the study of women. This course is designed as corrective and supplemental
to the various disciplines as they are currently taught. This course will
consist of two parts: a lecture series combined with seminars in selected
disciplines.
1.
Lecture series: Overview of shifts in major paradigms in western
intellectual history, genesis of methodological frameworks, assumptions
and limitations for the study of women.
2.
Seminars: At least three different seminars will be offered each time the
course is taught, each focusing on a different discipline and led by an
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instructor specializing in that field. The disciplines covered may vary
from semester to semester. Students will choose one seminar only. It is
strongly recommended that it be chosen in their major field. The seminars
will investigate within the context of each discipline how these paradigms
have affected the definition and investigation of women. Areas for the
seminars will be chosen from the following: political science, sociology/
anthropology, psychology, literature, economics, history, biology/medicine.
Topics and/or Possible Reading Lists for Area Seminars:
Political Science: Topics selected from the major schools such as the
classical school, behaviorism, the transactionalists, functionalists,
or political economy.
Collinge, Frank
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REVIEW OF POLITICAL SCIENCE THEORY
Sociology: Topics selected from the major schools such as empiricism,
W
functionalism, phenomenology, psychological reductionism, the Frankfort
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school, systems approach, ethnomethodology, historical materialism, or
conflict theory.
Giddnes, A
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CAPITALISM AND MODERN SOCIAL THEORY
Aron, R
?
MAIN CURRENTS OF SOCIOLOGICAL THOUGHT
Martindale, D.
?
THE NATURE AND TYPES OF SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY
Gouldner, A .
?
THE CRISIS OF MODERN SOCIOLOGY
Smith, D.
?
A RADICAL CRITIQUE OF SOCIOLOGY
Anthropology: Topics selected from the major schools such as evolutionism,
diffusionism, functionalism, structuralism, neo-evolutionism, cultural
ecology, historical materialism.
Harris, Marvin
?
THE RISE OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY
Lowie, R.
?
ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY
Penniman, P. K.
?
100 YEARS OF ANTHROPOLOGY
Psychology: Topics selected from the major schools such as behaviorism,
clinical models such as freudianism and gestalt psychology, experimental
psychology.
Boring, E. G.
Deutsche, Helen
Doherty, M. A.
Franks, V. and
V. Burtle
Freud, S
Mitchell, Juliet
Rice, J. K. and
D. G. Rice
A HISTORY OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN, Vol. I and II
SEXUAL BIAS IN PERSONALITY THEORY. The,
Counselling Psychologist.
1973, 1, 67-75.
WOMEN IN THERAPY: NEW PSYCHOTHERAPIES FOR
A CHANGING SOCIETY
NEW INTRODUCTORY LECTURES ON PSYCHOANALYSIS
PSYCHOANALYSIS AND FEMINISM
MOVEMENT ON PSYCHOTHERAPY. Amer, J.
Psychiatry,
1973, 130, 191-196.
6,
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Literature: Topics and selected readings from the works of major critics
such as:
Aristotle ?
T. A. Richards
Plato ?
E. Jones
John Ruskin
?
N. Frye
M. Arnold
Economics: Topics selected from the iajor schools such as: macro and micro
theory, neo-classicist, neo-keynesian and historical materialist theories,
equilibrium input-output, econometrics, labour econometrics, labour
economists, economic history.
Samuelson, P. A.
?
ECONOMICS
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History: Topics and selected readings from the major theorists
Reither, Joseph, ed. ?
MASTERWORKS OF HISTORY, Vol. 1, 2, and 3
which includes selections from Herodotus,
Thucydides, Julius Caesar, Tacitus, Bede,
Macaulay, Bancroft, C. & M. Beard. Gibbon,
Symonds, and Carlyle.
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Appendix D
The following pages contain sample outlines and/or calendar
descriptions of courses which would be.. suitable as advanced seminars in
the proposed program. No approval is sought for any of these at present.
They are included here solely to illustrate the potential depth and range of
the program. Many of these will hopefully be offered through departments.
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W.S. 4XX-5: Woman in Early 1111th and Sniet!J
The material would include two Suniero-
.
Babylonian epics, Enuma Elish (the
creation epic), and the GilgameSh epic; one or more books of the Old
Testament; the Odyssey; Aeschylus' Oresteian trilogy; and Euripides'
The Bacchac. Background reading would include Jane Harrison's work
on Greek myth (Themis and other books); and works by Alexander ileidel,
Norman 0. Brown, George Thompson and others in the field.
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p7. S. 4XX-5: Concepts of Love in the Middle
The main focus here would probably be on courtly love and its relation
xtS would be Gottfried's Tristan, Chretien'S
to social reality. The tc
EreC
and Enide, the Romance of the Rose,
AucaSSii
and Nicolette, and one
or two other short pieces. In addition it would be possible to look
at various other forms: e.g., the Italian, French or Provencal love lyric;
or the problem of rape as described in the pastourelle or the domestic
difficulties reflected in the chansons du maliflarie. Background work
would require the student to become familiar with late -medieval class
structure and social change; the sources are numerous.
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W.S. 4XX-5: The Literature of Sexual Politics
This would focus on works in which the relation between man and woman
is used as a metaphor for political relations; it could include a very
wide range of material, extending from the Old Testament prophets (e.g.,
Hosea), through Chaucer's Clerk's Tale, Shakespeare's Measure for Measure,
Pop'e The Rape of the
Lock,
Henry James' The Bostonians, and many other
texts. Here Kate Millet might be our starting point for background
reading, and the material could branch out into several directions, e.g.
Wilhelm Reich's work on Sexual Revolution, The Mass Psycholoqtj of Fascism,
and others.
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W.S.
4xX-5: Literary Criticism
A possible advanced seminar dealing with the problems of women writers
and with attempts to create a new literary criticism for
1.
and about women.
i.
?
Female artist's writings on their own creative work
Virginia Woolf
Gertrude Stein
Doris Lessing
Margaret Laurence
Margaret Atwood
Emily Carr
2. ?
Female writer's use of standard literary forms and genres and their
development of new composite forms to reflect their experience.
Individual works such as Lessing's The Golden Notebook, or
Laurence's The Diviners will be used as the basic texts for this
section of the course. This section of the course will study the
creative works of some of the authors whose critical writings
were investigated in the first section.
3.
?
Feminist literary criticism: the exploration of the developing
critical framework and vocabulary for studying the work of women
writers as well as the treatment of women in the writings of men.
possible
Rending List
Anderson, M.
?
MOTHER WAS NOT A PERSON
Millet, K.
?
SEXUAL POLITICS
FEMALE GOTHIC
Moors
. ?
GulianO
?
BY A WOMAN WRIT
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W.S. 4XX-5: The Cultural Ecology of Women's Work
A possible advanced seminar exploring in depth the possibilities of a
critical cultural ecology.
I.
?
Women and anthropological theory
A look at how the presentation of the role of women has been
affected by shifts in major anthropological paradigms - evolution-
ism, diffusionism, structural functionalism, etc. Economic Anthro-
pology - where neo-classical economics places women in pre-
industrial societies. Harris, Polyanni.
2. ?
Re-evaluation of the 19 Century Evolutionists
Mclennan, Morgan, Engels re-visited. Harris, Terray, Engels,
Gough.
. ?
3. ?
Setting up projects
Data available, its limitations for looking at the role of
women.
4.
The cultural ecology of women's work in
hunting and gathering
pastoral
horticultural
peasant societies
Overview of the general characteristics of women's work on these
modes of production with detailed examples provided by studen(;t
research projects.
5.
Women and social change
A summation.
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4xx-5: Women in Britain During the Victorian Age
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This course will focus mainly on social and cultural attitudes, although
obviously these cannot be understood without reference to economic, pol-
itical and institutional developments. Topics to be explored in seminar
will range from child-rearing to mill-work.
1.
The Victorian Family (2-3 weeks)
- the cornerstone of Victorian society?
- Family structure and child-rearing
2.
Feminine Archetypes, and Stereotypes (4 weeks)
-
the
"perfect lady", the governess, working-class women, and
the "new woman"
Position of Women and Class Structure
• ?
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investigation of women within certain classes and their rc:ation-
ship
to
poverty and welfare, industrialization, prostitution, public
life, protest and reform and to each other
3.
Education (1 - 2 weeks)
- the spread of academic, vocational and adult female education
4.
Sexuality and Health Care (2 weeks)
- the medical profession and popular beliefs
5.
Legal Position of Victorian Women (1 week)
6.
Organizational Work (2 weeks)
- directed towards women's problems
- "good works", emigration societies
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Worn(-.
,
n
in Britain During
f"c
Victorian ltqe
Possible Reading List:
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Crow, Duncan
THE VICTORIAN WOMAN
Houghton, F.W.
THE VICTORIAN FRAME OF MIND
Clark, C. Kitson
THE MAKING OF VICTORIAN ENGLAND
VicinuS, Martina
SUFFER AND BE STILL:
?
WOMEN IN THE
VICTORIAN AGE
Hewitt, Margaret
WIVES AND MOTHERS IN VICTORIAN ENGLAND
Banks, J.A.
FEMINISIM AND FAMILY PLANNING IN VICTORIAN
ENGLAND
Neff, Wanda F.
VICTORIAN WORKING WOMEN
Pinchbeck, Ivy
WOMEN WORKERS AND THE INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION, 1750 - 1850
Kamm, Josephine
RAPIERS AND BATTLEAXES
Musgrave, P. W.
TECHNICAL CHANGE, THE LABOUR FORCE AND
EDUCATION ? -
Pinchbeck, Ivy
CHILDREN IN ENGLISH SOCIETY
Kamm, Josephine
HOPE DEFERRED:
?
GIRLS EDUCATION IN ENGLISH
HISTORY
Goodsell, W.
EDUCATION
OF
WOMEN,
ITS
SOCIAL BACKGROUND
AND PROBLEMS
Midwinter, E.C.
VICTORIAN
SOCIAL REFORM
Marcus, Steven
THE OTHER VICTORIANS
Norton, Caroline
ENGLISH LAWS FOR WOMEN IN THE NINETEENTH
CENTURY
RamelsOn, Marian
THE PETTICOAT REBELLION:
?
A CENTURY OF
STRUGGLE
FOR
WOMEN 'S RIGHTS
S
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U.K. GOVT. PUBLICATION
?
NEW HORIZONS: A HUNDRED YEARS OF WOMEN'S
?
MIGRATION
Briggs, Asa
?
VICTORIAN PEOPLE
Moore, Katherine
?
VICTORIAN WIVES
RoWbOtIlam, Sheila
?
WOMEN, RESISTANCE AND REVOLUTION
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W.S. 4XX5: __ jlinLand
A possible advanced seminar that will investigate in depth the relation
of counselling and psychotherapy to wOfl1n' situation.
The effects of female socialization on mental he
2. ?
The role of traditional
psychological,
and psychiatric models
of human develoPment, in maintaifling sex role differences. A
look at ways in which descriptive
psychological
studies have
ination of sex
developed into prescriptive theories, and an exam
ntal health pro-
role stereotypes held by counsellors and other me
fessionals.
3.
psychopathological and optimal persona
lit development treatment
models compared.
Newly emerging feminist models of counselling.
4.
possible Reading List
d .LOUiSC Vetter,
Berry, Jane, Kenneth K. Kern, Elaine K.R. Melafley, an
COUNSELLING GIRLS AND WOMEN: AWARENESS,
ANALYSIS, AND ACTION.
Chessler, P.
?
WOMEN AND MADNESS
ON BECOMING A NON-SEXIST
COUNSELLOR
pavid,
Sara
EMERGING ISSUES IN THE COUNSELLING OF
David,
WOMEN
Sara
STUDENTS
De Beauvoir,
SirflOflC ?
THE SECOND SEX
Deutsch, Helene
?
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN
INNER AND OUTER SPACE:
REFLECTIONS ON
Erickson, E.
WOMANHOOD
Firestone, Shulafluth
?
THE
DIALECTIC OF SEX
Fitzgerald, Jjurifl0 & Le
norO Harmon
COUNSELL1IJG WOMEN,
Co::fiSQfl1'J
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pycho1OgJst i
1973, Vol. 4
f.
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Freud, S.
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FEMINITY, in New Introductory Lecturer,
in Psychoanalysis
Garal, J.E.
SEX DIFFERENCES IN MENTAL HEALTH, Genetic
Psychology Monographs, 1970, 81, 123-142
Gardner, Joan
SEXIST COUNSELLING MUST STOP, Personnel
Guidance Journal, Vol.
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49, no. 9, May 1971.
Homey, Karen
FEMININE PSYCHOLOGY
Kronsky, Betty J.
FEMINISM AND PSYCHOTHERAPY, Journal of
Contemporary Psychotherapy
Lewis, Judith A.
COUNSELLORS AND WOMEN:
?
FINDING EACh! OTHER,
Personnel Guidance Journal, 1972, Vol. 51
Pyke, Sandra and F.A. Ricks
THE COUNSELLOR AND THE FEMALE CLIENT,
.
School Counsellor, 1973, vol. 20 (4)
RobertiellO, Richard
AFTER THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION AND THE
WOMEN r
S LIBERATION MOVEIJENT, Journal
of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 1972, vol. 5
Roszak, B., & T. Roszak
MASCULINE/FEMININE:
?
READINGS IN SEXUAL
MYTHOLOGY AND THE LIBERATION OF WOMEN
Schlossberg, Nancy K.
A FRAMEWORK FOR COUNSELLING WOMEN,
Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1972
Vol.
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(2)
Shaincss, Natalie
IMAGES OF WOMEN:
?
PAST & PRESENT, OVERT
& OBSCURED, American Journal of Psycho-
therapy, 23
?
(1), Jan.
?
1969
Stevens, Barbara
THE
PSYChIOTIlTPAPIST
AND Wa'1EN'S LIBERATION
Social Work, 1971, Vol.
?
16 ?
(3)
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Appendix E
PROPOSED MINOR PROGRAM IN WOMEN'S STUDIES?
ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION
I. General Appeal.
'
and Usefulness of the Program
A.
The wide range of Women's Studies programs is documented
in Appendix A of the proposal itself. The increasing number
of graduate programs in this area serve to illustrate the
pressing need for competent Women's Studies teachers and
scholars all over North America.
B.
A survey done by Sir George Williams University before
instituting their joint-major program in Women's Studies
showed a significant interest by employers in hiring
people with Woi'en's Studies backgrounds--particularly in
areas such as social work and personnel work.
C.
The attached letter (marked as Attachment A) , from the
Executive Assistant of the 'Status of Women Froject of the
B.C. Teacher's Federation shows the potential of Women's
'tudies for the teaching profession.
D.
A survey of enrollment figures in various Canadian Women's?
?
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Studies programs and courses (Attachment B) gives an idea of
the potential demand for the program proposed at SFU.
E.
A British Columbia Women's Studies Association was recently
formed. Attachment C is a letter from the convenor of this
Association in which she comments on the general scope of
the organization and on the need for Women's Studies programs.
F.
Attachment Cl is a letter from the editor of
,
the 'Canadian Newsletter of
Research on Women.
II. Implementation of the proposed Minor Program at SFU
A.
Attachment D gives the schedule of course offerings proposed
as the minimum regular interdisciplinary core offering along
with an estimate of faculty needed to mount this core program.
B.
Attachment E gives the schedule for phasing in the program
along with the faculty resources needed at each stage.
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Br1tisb coLirrE?Ia
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105 - 2235 BURRARD STREET,
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA,
reacherzs'
çeoerzotion
V6J 3H9
TELEPHONE
(604) 731-8121
General Secretary
R.M. Buzzà
November 19, 1974
The Women's Studies Curriculum Committee,
do
Sara David,
Department of Continuing Education,
Simon Fraser University,
Burnaby, B.C.
Dear Committee Members:
Thank you for the draft copy of the Women's Studies proposal.
I would like to express my pleasure and interest in this program proposed
for Simon Fraser University.
You may be aware that the BCTF has conducted a status of women program
since September 1973. One major objective of this program is to help
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teachers become aware of the harmful effects of sex discrimination and to
provide positive activities to overcome this problem.
It is
my personal belief that women's studies programs at the university
level will be of tremendous individual benefit to students at SFU as well
as a teaching asset to students entering the educational field.
There is
a great deal of interest concerning the status of women on the
part of teachers today and a women's studies program at SFU would enable
some of those teachers to return to university for training on this
topic. The public, too, seems keenly interested in this area, as has
been demonstrated by the attendance at conferences held over the last
year. You may be interested in the following figures:
March 1974
?
SFIJ
?
- 500 people - approximately 100 turned away
- approximately one-half teachers
March 1974
?
Capilano -*"Why Women's Studies" - 300 people
College - university and school teachers, students, and
public
May 1974
?
Capilano - "Action for Women" - 300 people
College - general public
Sept. 1974
?
UBC ?
- B.C. Federation of Women -.350 people
- general public
.
?
Oct. 1974
?
Kelowna - "It's Coming ... the Year of the Woman" - 300
people
- mainly teachers
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The Women's Studies Curriculum Committee
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November 19, 1974
There is definitely substantial concern and interest on the part of
faculty of education members at universities. Over the last 14 months I
have been invited to speak at SFU, TJBC and Vancouver City College a total
of 21 times. My estimate is that I have spoken to a total of 1200 students
concerning the BCTF Status of Women Program.
The BCTF office has provided several handouts on sex-role stereotyping
free of charge to the public. Many students have taken advantage of this
literature when preparing papers for courses at the university. It has
become increasingly obvious to me that students are becoming more interested
in studying the various issues of the women's movement.
The BCTF has also participated in the development of curricular materials
related to women for use in the classroom at both the elementary and
secondary level. Although many of these materials are not in finalized
form, I have received a tremendous number of requests for copies from
teachers all over the province. Comments received in response to requests
for evaluation of these materials have been invariably enthusiastic.
However, it is apparent that the effectiveness of in-class projects aimed
at eliminating sex-stereotyped attitudes and behavior depends, to a
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considerable extent, on the level of knowledge of the teacher. Although
intensive in-service programs for teachers are one of the major activities
of the BCTF Status of Women Program, the necessity of this type of training
could be reduced if teachers were exposed to women's studies courses at
the university level.
My experience on the staff of the BCTF has convinced me that teachers,
faculty members, students and the general public are becoming increasingly
aware of the need for status of women programs in the institutions and
organizations of our present society. I hope that the content of this
letter will be taken as an endorsement of your proposed program, as well
as to point out teacher and community needs that your program may well
serve.
Sincerely yours,
%1LL
Linda Shuto,
Executive Assistant,
Status of Women Project.
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SUMMARY OF WOMEN'S STUDIES OFFERINGS AT SELECTED INSTITUTIONS
I. University of Toronto
-first courses offered in 1970-71
-as of 1974 designated a program
-offering 20 courses
-core courses include sociology,psychology,history, literature
and art
Sampe Enrollments
INI 260
Introduction
to W.S.
INX 361 History of Women in Canada
INX 362 Women as Sub, and Obj. in Lit.
INI 280 Women in Film and Lit.
INX 271 Idea of a Child
1974-75
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23
2.4
17
125 (200 turned away because
rf
lack of teaching
staff)
II.
University of British Columbia
-first offered in 1973-74
-one interdisciplinary lecture course and 4 seminars within
disciplines are offered.
Enrollment ?
1974-75 ?
1973-74
Interdisciplinary lecture
?
85
?
85
Seminars: Sociology
?
10 ?
22
Anthropology
?
- 15
?
15
Literature ? 20 ?
24
Psychology ?
65 ?
20
III.
Simon Fraser University
-no regular women's Studies offerings
-occasional one semester offerings, most recently CNS 200
Enrollment
?
1974 ,Fall
cNS 200 Women in Canada 1600-1920 ?
96
El
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IV. Vancouver Community College
-first offering in
1973-74
-two interdisciplinary courses offered
Enrollment
S316 Perspectives on Women I
S416 Perspectives on Women II
1974 ?
1975: (projected)
65 ?
60
25
Y.
?
Capilano College
-first offering in 1974-75
-6 courses offered: 2 literature, 2 professional development,
2 general studies
Enrollment
?
1974 ?
1975 (projected)
All courses
?
125 ?
120
. VI. Cariboo College
-first offering 1973-74
-2 courses offered
Enrollment
?
1974 ?
1975(proieced)
Women in Literature
?
45 ?
--
Women in Canadian History
?
40
VII. Douglas College
-first courses offered around 1971-72
-six courses offered fall 1974
Enrollment ?
1974
Women in Society
?
39
Philosophy, Religion and Women
?
67
Social Issues--Psych. of Women
?
44
Human Sexuality
?
15
Frontiers of Thought
?
93
Images of Women in Literature
?
48
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I
a
?
Sir George Williams University
Report on the first Summer Institute on Women's Studies - 1974
nrollment
CISWS N-211 Political Economy.of Women's Work
?
32
Religion N493 Images of Women in Antiquity
?
24
Religion N494 The Changing Image of Women in modern Ideologies
?
27
Psychology N404 Women and Psychology
?
54
Psychology N405 Women - mental Health/mental Illness
?
?
47
Total 184
Since so many students took more than one course in Women's Studies, the actual
number of students attending was 108.
Type of Students Attending;
29% full time students at Sir George Williams University
36% part time students at Sir George Williams University
20% partial students at Sir George Williams University
11% following a program at another Montreal educational institution
4% students from out of town
The Women's Studies Institute had a larger percentage of students from out of
town than any other Summer Institute. It also had the highest percentage of
students registering for general interest (40%).
0
Vancouver Community College,
6
tãngara. 100 West 49th Avenue
Vancouver, B.C. V5Y 2Z6
?
Telephone:
(604) 324-5511
To whom it may concern:
Ascovenor of the British Columbia Women's Studies Association,
I have been asked to comment on the question of the present and
potential constituency for Women's Studies programmes.
The Association was established because of the number of pro-
grammes operating at British Columbia colleges and universities
and the need this has created for a system of communication and
information sharing among those teaching the courses. Prepres-
entatives from eleven of the fourteen institutions of higher
learning were present at the founding convention of the Asso-
ciation.
Across the province, institutions are initiating or extending
their offerings in Women's Studies in order to meet student
demands for more comprehensive programming in the field. As a
consequence, the number of academics developin
g
courses and re-
search material for these courses has increased, and we have
. ?
felt that it is necessary to create a professional organization
for co-ordinating this work.
Requests for programmes at every level from first year to grad-
uate courses have convinced us that the colleges and universities
must move toward comprehensive degree programmes in Women Studies.
Expanding enrollments and continued interest among female and
male students support this conviction. The aim of the orctaniza-
tion is to foster this expansion of programming and to act as a
clearing houée for information in the field.
The formation of the British Columbia Women's Studies Association
has been predicated on the understanding of Women's Studies as
an important and developing area of academic research and teaching.
Sincerely yours,
// ?
•J.
Convenor
B.C. Women's Studies Assoc.
Operated by the
Vancouver Community College (iiouncil
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McMASTER UNIVERSITY
Department of Sociology
1 280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 41V14
Telephone: 525-9140 Local 4481
November 27th, 1974.
Professor Andrea Lebowitz,
Department of English,
Simon Fraser University,
Burnaby, British Columbia.
Dear Andrea,
I am very glad to hear that people at Simon Fraser are
designing a programme for the study of women. I am convinced that
courses on women - no matter in what discipline - are a steadily
growing phenomena and that this is because students are particularly
interested in rounding out their knowledge of what the whole society
is doing instead of just half.
I have found in my own courses on women that students are
amazed to learn that women have existed in most areas of human endeav-
our and that they carry this awareness and curiosity into their other
courses. That there is a need for specialized courses on women is evi-
dent to me, in that it takes a person particularly familiar with the
issues and literature available on women in one's area in order to even
begin to supply students with material with which to pursue their inter-
ests.
I gather from our conversation that your group has made a
survey-of the existing courses on women throughout Canada, so I don't
have to go into detail about how they are evidently in wide demand. I
know this on three kinds of evidence: as co-editor of the Canadian
Newsletter of Research on Women, I have access to what are probably
the most up-to-date listings of courses being offered in universities
and colleges in Canada and it is very clear that over the last three or
four years the number, scope, and sophistication of the courses has done
nothing but expand and improve. Secondly, as you know, I edited a book
called Women in Canada. The publishers are very pleased with the fact
that it has been consistently adopted as a text throughout Canada. I'm
not saying this to expound my successes, but to point out that people
are making concrete, material steps by ordering this kind of material
for their classes. Third, I have found here at McMaster that my under-
graduate course on women has jumped from 99 to 211 students from last
year to this. I hardly think numbers like this reflect only one's
teaching, but very much indicate the great interest students have in
new, challenging material. Relevance is a word too easily thrown around
these days, but I do think that the chance to examine critically, in
whatever disciplinary framework, material by and/or about women is a
real drawing card for students who are being made very aware of "women's
issues" in the media, etc.
C 0 N T I N U E D . .
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I think that the critical, informative approach that
most teachers seem to use in courses on women (and, again, I see
many course syllabi in my work on the Newsletter, so I think I
can say this quite accurately) will make for considerable longevity
of these courses, long after the media finds other things to talk
about.
You are probably aware that there are several universities
that offer M.A. and Ph.D. work in the study of women. McMaster is
one of them, and so is the University of Toronto, and the University
of Waterloo. I am completing my Ph.D. on women for U.B.C. All of
this is to emphasize my belief that courses on women have a long-range,
in-depth function
in
the university - for students, for scholars/
teachers and for future teaching poit1ons for one's students.
I hope my thoughts on this will be of some use to you and
I wish you all the best in instituting this important project.
Yours sincerely,
,z_-,
Pv\_-
L
Marylee Stephenson,
4
?
Assistant Professor, Sociology.
MLS/gj f
0
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SCHEDULE OF COURSE OFFERINGS
Course
?
Spring
?
Summer
?
Fall
WS 100
x
x ?
x
WS 20X
X
X ?
X
WS 20Y
X
, ? X
WS 400
X
-. ? x
WS
40X
X
X.
?
x
Coordinator
X
x
?
x
Faculty needed to maintain this schedule of course offerings amount
. ?
to four full time appointments or their equivalents in joint appoint-
ments or faculty teaching courses on release or stipend or as
sessional lecturers. For example: 2 full time appointments,
2
joins appointments and
two
faculty teaching one course each on release
time or stipend would be a possible staffing.
This is a minimum course offering. To ensure adequate and consistent
offerings at the 400 level, at least one other faculty position would
eventually be highly desireable.
S
PHASING IN
OF
THE PROGRAM
Course
Spring '76
Summer 1
76
Fall
?
'76
vs 100
x
WS 20X
X
x
WS 20Y
-
X
WS 400
X
X
WS
40X
-
X
Coordinator
X
X
X
1 full time appt.
2 full time appt.
3J full time appt
or equiv. needed.
or equiv. needed.
orequiv. needed.
0 ?
Appendix F
?
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
0
Calendar Information ?
Department:_______________________
Abbreviation Code: W.S.
?
Course Number: 100
?
Credit Hours:
3_
Vector:
2-1-0
Title of Course:
Introduction to Women's Studies
Calendar Description, of Course:
An interdisciplinary study of the development of female roles. The
course will focus on the work of women in the home, the labour force and
• ?
the arts. It will concentrate on Europe and North America: 1800 to the
present.
Nature of Course
Lecture/Tutorial
Prerequisites (or special instructions):
none
What course (courses), if
any, is
being dropped from the calendar if this course is
approved:
2. Scheduling
Row frequently will the course be offered?
every semester
Semester in which the course will first be offered?
Spring 1976
Which
of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering
possible?
N/A
Objectives. of
the Course
•
?
?
Through an interdisciplinary approach, the course will discuss the
socio-economic realities which define female roles. It will include an
examination of the way in which work roles have changed as industrial
society has developed, and it will then go on to explore biological, social,
cultural, legal and psychological definitions which result from the roles
4.
Budgetary
and
Space Requirements (for information
onl
Y)women are assigned in and out
1
What additional resources will be required in the following
ow ng areas
of the home.
Faculty
Staff
Library
Audio Visual
Space
Equipment
5.
Approval
Date:______________________
Department Chairman
?
Dean
?
Chairman, SCUS
SCUS 73-34b:- (When completing this form, for instructions see Memorandum SCUS 73-34a.
Attach course outline).
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67
óIV.
S.
?
100-3:
overview
This
COUISO
of SOCiety
will put
that
w
omen
in
cludes
as
Indithe
viduals
contribution's
in
Social
made
context
by women.and
g1
j,,
an
?
A
flUjn focus will be on Western Europe and North I;erj
?
The course
will
i
nclude an examination of the way in which work
?
roles of women and
ri
men changed as present Industrial Society develop
?
and will also
Oxj
120
social ins tI
?
CU1LU1'Ql
roles, PSychoJogic ?
ef
fects and legal
Codes
1.
?
as
a.
Introduction.
?
they
Ideas
relate
of women's
?
to
Defining
the
Place
basic
the
str
p
roblm
ucture
in
of
p
resent
Woi'
day
daily
Canada
lives.
(3 weeks)
b. ?
The statistical won and the
statisti
cal
man
C
-
?
Women in the media and School currjcul
d. ?
Legal Codes
e. ?
Fi
ndings of the Royal
Co
iwnission on the Status of Wome)2
2. ?
Bio1ogic
?
and social bases for women's roles (2 weeká)
a. ?
Physical evolution
b. ?
Deve
lopment of human Society
.
?
Women in developing industrial society:
?
W. Europe/N. America
(5 weeks)
a. ?
Changes In work and famiiy patterns due to the industriiJ
revolution
b. ?
The Canadian SJtuftj0.
?
work and
family
lIfe
in
the lAth and
:9th Contul'L]
C.
?
Growth
Of
th
?
cultur e
of
indusLi.Ii
society.
?
T)icoi'jes Of socJ1
and wai,.',j 's pJae1
?
soc,jaj
?
1 .zi,
?
eduü Li on,
?
2 ?
qnJ
?
cojes.
d.
?
First
?
I'O;fl(J) '5 JfloVc;,
n L,
?
.1 Ls
s
ources and co:;.
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4.
?
Women in
the 20th Con tury: W. Europe/N. America (3 weck)
a.
Further change in work and family patterns
b.
New ideas of women's place. Growth of psychoanalytic
C.
The second feminist movement -- causes and possible con-
sequences.
Possible Rending List
REPORT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSZ ON ON T:r
STATUS OF WOMEN
Shulman, Alix
MEMOIRS OF
AN
EX-PROM QUEEN
Publicatjojs of the DBS such
as WOMEN IN THE LABOUR FORCE 1973
Canadian Women 's Press
WOMEN UNITE
Cough, Kathleen
WOMEN IN EVOLUTION
Leacock, Eleanor
INTRODUCTION TO
OR
IGIN OF FZIM.TLY, P:YATE
PROPERTY AND THE STATE
?
Engels
Tiger, L.
MEN IN GROUPS, & responses
Pinchbeck, I.
WOMEN WORKERS IN THE
INDUSTRIAL
REVCLTION
He
witt,
Margaret
WIVES AND MOTHERS IN VICTORIAN INDUSTRY
Neff, Wanda
VICTORIAN WORKING WOMEN
Vicinus, M.,
?
cc?.
SUFFER AND BE STILL
Woolf, Virginia
A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN
Ibsen
THE DOLLS HOUSE
Rowbo tham, S.
HIDDEN FROM HISTORy
Sykes, Ella
HONE
HELP
IN CANADA
Correct I vc. Ccl L .:t:.i ye
NEVER DONE:
?
TIIREL' CENT111 1 ES ())-
WORK iN CANADA
Kiadi tor, K.
1PL,15
oi
l,
?
/01IJN' S
?
SLIl-)'J(;j
?
110 vi.
..:i•.NT
a
Cloverdon, K.
FlexnOr, E.
Richardson, Dorothy
Myrcial & Klein
Frieden, B.
9
WOMAN SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT IN CANADA
CENTURY OF STRUGGLE
THE LONG DAY
WOMEN'S TWO ROLES
THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE
.
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDER!RADUA
.
E STUDIES?
NEW COURSE
PROPOSAL FORM
Calendar Information
?
Department:
Abbreviation Code: w.s.
?
Course Number:2fl0
?
Credit Hours:_
Title of Course:
Women's
Roles: A Comparative Study.
Vector:
2-1-fl
Calendar
The
Description
course will
of Course:
follow from W.S. 100-3 and will take up in more detail
a variety of the issues raised there. The focus will be on the situation
of women in cross-cultural perspective using literary, historical, anthro-
pological and other appropriate sources.
Nature of Course
Lecture/Tutorial
Prerequisites (or special instructions):
W
. S .
100-3
What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course is
approved:
none
2. Scheduling
1(0w
frequently will the course be offered?
at least once a year
Summer 1976
Semester in which the course will first be offered?
Which of
your present faculty
would
be available to make the proposed offering
possible? N/A
Objectives
,
of the Course
The course will pursue in greater depth the issues raised in W.S.
100-3. In addition, the course will extend this examination to cultures
notstudied in W.S. 100-3. The focus of the course will be this cross-
cultural perspective and comparison.
4.
,
Budgetary and Space Legui7ements (for information only)
What additional resources will be required in the following areas:
Faculty
Staff
Library
Audio Visual
Space
Equipment
5., Approval
?
Date:
is
Department Chairman
?
Dean
?
-
?
Chairman, SCUS
Scus 73-34b:- (When completing this form, for instructions see Memorandum SCUS 73-34a.
Attach course outline).
-
W. S.
200-3:
Women's
?
R().l (:
Concra 1:1 VP
St
u(711
This
course
will follow from
U.S.
100-3 and will take up in mur
?
detail
a variety of the
ISSUOS
raised there. The focus will be on the situation
of women in cross-cultural perspective using literary, historical, anthro-
pological and other appropriate sources.
1.
Problems of ethnocentricity in the study of women (2 weeks)
Positive and negative examples will be discussed.
2.
Methods for comparative studies (2 weeks)
Analysis and critique of
e
volutionary theory, stages of develop-
ment models and various typologies as they relate to forms of the
family and the status of women in various societies.
3.
Regioiia.l studies - selected contemporary and historiaj Societies
(9 weeks)
Aspects compared will include:
sexual division of labour
Patterns of child care and rearing
marriage, family and kinship organization
legal status of women
women's associations
women artists and artisans
Political pa1L-icipa
tions and representation
education
SOcieL i( l s
to be studied Will be
s
elected from the fol.ZoLving:
North Africa
Sub Saharan Africa
Mid-East
Sovi p
t union
S
SSouth Asia
China
Southeast
Asia
Latin America
Possible Reading List
General:
Jacobs, Sue-Ellen
WOMEN IN PERSPECTIVE:
?
A GUIDE FOR CROSS
CULTURAL STUDIES
Rosaldo, Michelle Zirnbalist
WOMAN CULTURE AND SOCIETY
G l
a
zer-Malbi1, Nora and Helen
Younqelson Wacher, eds.
?
WOIJJW IN A MAN-
MADE WORLD
Engels, Frederick
ORIGINS OF THE FAMILY, PRIVATE PROPERTY
.
AND THE STATE
Rowbotham, Sheila
WOMEN, RESISTANCE AND REVOLUTION
Africa:
Bowen, EJ.cno.re
Sn.i th
RETURN TO LAUGHTER
Canadian Journal of African Studies
?
THE ROLES OF AFRICAN WOMEN:
?
PAST
PRESENT AND FUTURE, vol. 6, no. 2, 1.972
Cohen, Ronald
THE KANURI OF BORNU
Middleton, John
THE LUGI3ARA OF UGANDA
Paulme, Denise, ed.
WOMEN OF TROPICAL
AFRICA
Elan?, Yi tzckak
THE SOCIAL AND
SEXUAL
ROLES OF 11111/i
WOMEN
Loi Lh-I:oss, ?
SLJ.i
via
Al'RIC/iN WOMEN
•
Fan on, Fran
to
,0
A DYING
COLONIA LIIi
0
?
-
a
a
o
Asia:
Sidel, Ruth
Pruitt, Ida, ed.
Wolf, Marjorie
Fernea, Elizabeth
Firth, Rosemary
Goodale, Jane
Kartini, Radon Adjeng
Geertz, Hildred
Stra thorn, Marilyn
TalmOn, Vonina
Reyniond, Lizelle
Young, Marilyn B., ed.
Ben et, Sula
St. George, George
Geiger, H. Kent
Halle, Fannilia
Smith, Jessica
siow; Helen Foster
i4yrdal, Jan
Latin Jiinc?ric:a:
Sutherland, Eli ;abcth
Ch.i n;'s , 13vcr1i)
Pe:; c.' 1(3 lu, Alin,
RafldJ 1.1 ,
L wi : , Q, c
I
WOMEN AND CHILDCARE IN ChINA
DAUGHTER OF HAN
WOMEN AND THE FAMILY IN RURAL TAIWAN
GUESTS OF THE SHEIK
HOUSEKEEPING AMONG MA LA V PEASANTS
TIWI WIVES
LETTERS OF A JAVANESE PRINCESS
THE JAVANESE FAMILY
WOMEN IN BETWEEN
FAMILY AND COMMUNITY IN THE KIBBUTZ
MY LIFE WITH
A
DRJ1IIMIN F.111ILY
WOMEN IN CHINA
THE VILLAGE OF VIRIA TINE
OUR SOVIET SISTERS
?
-
THE FAMILY IN SOVIET RUSSIA
WOMEN IN SOVIET RUSSIA
WOMEN IN SOVIET EA52-`
WOMEN IN SOVIET RUSSIA
WOMEN IN MODERN CHINA
REPORT FROM A CHINESE VILLAGE
THE YOUNGEST I?1'OU)Ti Of.'
THE 152'111JUS zii'o'l'i.fCS: ,O'EN 'S i0L1,'S i If
CUL'i.UUA L
CON'l'EX'i'
l'JfMALT •
: AND MA U.' IN 1I.AT.1 :: IJ!J:U 7 (fA
CUB/tN W01-11-:7
,1 iOII
1'.! VS i/thU Ii 115
74.
SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
?
NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
S
Calendar Information
?
Department:
?
Abbreviation Code:w.s. ?
Course Number:
?
Credit Hours:
?
Title of Course:
Women in Canada 1600--1920
Vector:2-1-.IL_
Calendar Description of Course:
The course will investigate the lives of women/'' not achieve
public fame. Primary data will be collected from the diaries, memoirs,
letters and literary works of Canadian women.
Nature of Course
Lecture/Tutorial
Prerequisites (or special instructions):
NONE
What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from
the calendar
if this course is
approved:
none
2. Scheduling
How frequently will the course be offered?
at
least
once a
year
Semester in which the course will first be offered?
FALL
1976
Which
of your present faculty
would
be available to make the proposed offering
possible? N/A
Objectives
,
of the Course
The course will explore the achievements of Canadian women in pioneer
situations, wage work, organizations (including political movements and
parties) and the field of the arts. The course, through lectures and
essays, will introduce students to research methods and use of primary
and secondary sources
in
the field.
4.
Budgetary
_and Space Requirements (for information only)
What additional resources will be required in the following areas:
Faculty
Staff
Library
Audio Visual
Space
Equipment
5.
Approval
Date;
40 ?
Department Chairman
?
Dean
?
Chairman,
SCUS
?
-
SCUS 73-34b:-
(When completing this form, for instructions see Memorandum SCUS 13-34a.
Attach course outline).
-3r
.
W.S. 201-3: Women in Canada 1600-1920
primarily
The course will invesidgatO the lives of women,! who did not achieve public
fame. Preimary data will be collected from the diaries, memoirs, letLors
and literary works of Canadian women..
1.
The pioneer experience (5 weeks)
This will include pioneer experiences from different time perods
and geographical areas.
2.
Wage work (4 weeks)
Home related wage work (domestic service, dressmaking, etc.) will
be studied first, and this will be followed by an investigation
of newer work fields for women: factories, saleswork, clerical
work, etc.
3.
Organizational work (2 weeks)
Charitable, educational and political organizations (including
• suffrage) will be discussad.
4.
Women as artist (2 weeks)
Throughout the course women's literary work will be studied as
source material as well as art objects. In this final section,
the problems specific to women artists will be discussed.?
Throughout ,the course will focus on the work women do inside as well as
outside the home.
p
osib2e_Re
ad.in
(
1
List
,'ioodi c, Susanna
?
ROUGHING
IT IN THE I3USII
McClung, Nd liv L.
?
CLEARING IN TH E
WL'.5'1'
Os tense, Mar
Lha
?
WILD GEESE
Bvi'tvn, Lauri lJea t ii. cc
?
I MUI?lEl) THE KLOIJI)1 KE
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Duncan, Sara Jeannette ?
THE IMPERIALIST
McClung, Nellie L.
?
THE STREAM
RUNS FAST
McClung, Nellie
L. ?
IN TIMES LIKE THESE
Studies of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada. No. 8.
"Cultural Tradition and the Political history of Women in Canada".
Carr, Emily
?
GROWING PAINS
Roy, Gabrielle
?
THE
ROAD PAST IILTJthIONT
Abrahamson, Una
?
GOD BLESS OUR HOME: DOMESTIC LII 'E IN
192
,
1 CENTURY CANADA
Bannerman, Jean
?
LEADING
LADIES:
CANADA 1639-1967
o
77
SENATE CO)fl4ITTEE ON
UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
?
NEW COURSE
PROPOSAL FORM
Calendar Information
?
Department:
Abbreviat
ion
Code: w..s...
?
Course Number:202 ?
Credit Hours:3 Vector:2-1-0
Title of Course:
Women inCanada
1920
to the Present
Calendar
The
Description
course will
of Course:
focus on the unpaid work of women in the home in con-
junction with their increasing entry into wage work throughout this period.
The effect of this change on family structure, women's roles and education,
and on ideas of women's place will be examined using memoirs and literary
sources as well as sociological historical and economic material.
Nature of Course
Lecture/Tutorial
Prerequisites (or
special instructions):
NONE
What course (courses),
if any, Is being dropped from the calendar if this course is
approved:
none
2. Scheduling
How frequently will the course
be offered?
at least once a year
Semester in which the course will first be offered? Fall 1976
Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering
possible? N/A
Objectives, of the Course
The course will examine effects on women's educational opportunities,
social roles and legal definitions as related to the increasing number of
single and married women entering wage work. The course will include an
introduction to the modes and methods of gathering material on social
issues.
4. Budgetary and Space Requirements (for information only)
What additional resources will be required in the following areas:
Faculty
Staff
Library
Audio Visual
Space
Equipment
5, Approval?
Date:
Department Chairman
?
Dean
?
Chairman,
SCUS
SCUS 73-34b:- (When completing this form, for instructions
see
Memorandum SCUS 73-34a.
Attach course outline).
a
46'
-
W.S. 202-3: Women in Canada 1920 to the Present
The course will focus on the work of women in and out of the home (.1 . c.
unpaid and paid work). The most significant event in the period is the
steadily increasing percentage of woman who do wage work for part, if not
all, of their adult lives. This affects their role in thu home, and con-
versely, their re. ponsibility in the home determines the type of echsatjon
they receive and the kinds of jobs most of them hold.
?
1.
?
The 20's (3 weeks)
a.
women's work in the home
b.
types of female wage work
C.
changes
.
in
domestic technology and their consequences
d. consequences of the federal franchise in the Political and
and legal sphere; the "Persons Case"
?
2. ?
The Depression (2 weeks)
a • women in the home and in wage work
• b. the relative accessibility of male and female employment
C.
consequences of male unemployment on the home and family
?
3.
?
The 40-s (2 weeks)
a.
female wage work during WWII, did it change sin.ificantlu,
was there an increase in female employment
b.
effects (short and long term) of the war
on
types of fcn.e
wage work
C.
consequences of end of
war for women
in home and waqe wcr:
d. ?
the war's effect: on t.aiidai'ds of oui.1 beha
t( )U
?
4.
?
'J'he 50's: tn umph el the m .dia (3 wcois)
a.
?
The J).'fl)cho1 cjj wul
c/u
fi
ni t.ion of the
))O[1Se.Wi tO
an ]).
Sofl.
-j
• ?
tlu-ough verbal and visual forms of the media. Thc growincj
impact- of U.S. cultural
d
efinitions of sexual roles on Cancjdj:
I comparison of the Canadian and American situation of
women
ii
co
nsequences of the 1 osition of a foreign norin of bchavjo
on the Canadian women
b.
?
trends of female employment in professional and other
areas
Of wage work
5. ?
The
60's ?
.onwar
?
.(3 weeks)
a. ?
changes in education for women
b.
?
changes in employment patterns
C. ?
women's role in the home
d.
?
Women and the law
e.
poverty and won-I.,
-
f.
?
political involvement
Possible Reading List
Stephonon, Marylee
?
WOMEN IN CANADA
Andersen, Margaret
?
MOTHER
WAS
NOT A PERSON
Zarerttha, Eve
?
PRIVILEGEY: OF SEX
Cleverdon, Catherine L.
?
THE WOMAN SUFFRACE NOVEIJENT IN C1jN!1])?,
Innis, Nary Quayle, ed.
?
THE CLEAR SPIRIT
[McGill, Elsie
?
MY MOTIlE]? THE JUDGE
B a
cker, Carlotta
?
THE
INDO
MITABLE LADY DOCTORS
IlcCl u!icJ, Nell lc
?
TIlE STREIiI RUNS FAST
IN TIMES LiRE T/JL5I:, ct-c.
o.
óRoy, GJbrj1Je
Wi
lsofl, Ethel
??
SW1Lfp
TIlE TIN
ANGEL,
etc.
F
LUTE,
Laui-e110 Marga
?
THE
S T O
NE ANGEL
A JEST OF GOD, etc.
series
Report
Mum oe,
of
of
Alice
studios
the
?
Royal
d
erived
COJILTnissiollon
from the
LIVES
commission.
the
OF
Stä5
GIRLS
of
?
AND WO/JEN
in
Cand
and
o
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NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
•
Calendar Information
?
Department:____
Abbreviation Code:w...q
?
Course Number:
203
?
Credit Hours: _3
?
Title of Course:
Female Roles in Contemporary society
Vector: 2-1-0,
Calendar
An
Description
interdisciplinary
of Course:
study of definition of self/other as derived
from sexual roles and the psychological mechanisms by which such definitions
are acquired and maintained.
Nature of Course
Lecture/Tutorial
Prerequisites (or special instructions):
w.s.
100-3
What course (courses),
if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course is
approved:
none
2. Scheduling
Row frequently will the course be
offered?
at least once a year
Semester in which the course will first be offered?
Which of yourpresent faculty would be available to make the proposed offering
possible? N/A
Objectives, of the Course
The course will pursue in greater depth issues raised in W.S.
100-3.
The focus of the course will be the individual. Psychological, sociologica],
biological and artistic sources will be used. Factors influencing the
continuance or disappearance of particular sex-linked characteristics will
be examined.
4.
Budgetary and Space 'Requirements (for information only)
What additional resources will be required in the following areas:
Faculty
Staff
Library
Audio Visual
Space
Equipment
5.
Approval
Date:
Department Chairman
?
Dean
?
, Chairman, SCUS
SCUS 73-34b:-
(When completing this form, for instructions see Memorandum
SCUS 73-34a.
Attach course outline).
?
'
Fall 1976
0
A
W.S. 203-3: Fcm1c Roles in Cvnc'mno,.artj
oci((J
sexual
An
interdis
rol
.
s
cip1iji
and the
. y
psychological
study of
def in
Jnec
j
t-o
haniiiis
11
of
Scl
by
f/o])er
which
as
such
derived
defjJ71tc,,
fro::i
are acquired and maintained
?
1. ?
Women's Contemporary
sit
uation (1 week)
Intr
oduction and
OVCivI,
?
2.
?
Sex
diff
erences (2 weeks)
a. roles,
fun
ction, status
b. cogn
tivesLy
0
and intellectual functjoni1
C.
behaviour
d.
interpersonal incractio1
?
3. ?
Acquis
. 1 tion of sex differences (3 weeks)
a.
examination of evidence concerning
bio
loicaj sex differeric
b.
sex roles and socialization
I
?
child rearing techniques
toy industry,
chi
ldren's books
media
1V ?
schools
?
4.
?
kintcnanco of sex
dif
ferences (2 weeks)
a.
marriage and the family
b. s
tructure of language and thought
C.
media
d.
SOcial 11fld
J)OlItIjJ ])OJICV
e.
the :;cjJ. (in terna) i ;a Lion)
5.
?
P5JCJJOJ((/ cL)
cLecL of :;cx dIfI'cr(jJc(-; (3
W
a.
self
b.
])
(
j
LJ
Vi OUT
c.
L]ic 1, no.),. and
m ?
la 1 IL
Li lii
S
6.
?
Changing roles of women (2 weeks)
a. ?
mechanisms of change
1 . ?
internal
j
?
external
b.
?
optimal personality
development
Poss-ible Reading List
Bardwi ck, J.
READINGS ON THE PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMA'
Chessler, Phyllis
WOMEN AND
MADNESS
David, Sara
EMOTIONAl, SELF DEFENSE GROUPS FOR WO;'jv
Garskof, N.
ROLES WOMEN PLAY
Gornick, Vivian, and Barbara Moran,
eds. WOMEN IN
SEXIST SOCIETY
Green gla.;-:, Esther
PSYChOLOGY
OF
WO1N
Jfershbcrqer, Ruth
ADAM'S RIB
Jan eway, Elizabeth
MAN'S WORLD, WOMAN 'S p.TjjCE
Journal of Social Issues, 1972,
Vol. ?
28, No.
?
2
Kimball, Meredj th
WOMEN AND SUCCESS
mbort, R. D.,
SEX ROLE
IMAGp]y
IN ChILDREN
:
SOCIAL
ORIGINS OF MIND, Studies of the Rot;ad
Commission on the Status of l'unicn in Care-da
No. 6
Maccoby, E., ed.
THE
DE
VELQ
p
1JL'n'
01' SEX DIFF'ERJ;j/cJ:'S
Mischol,
Wal Ler
SEX TYPING AND SoCIAJj;'j ON, in Mus;en,
Paul,
?
ed. ,
?
Car/n
j
c]):J( ?
's ?
I]7nuai
?
of Ciii
id
Psychology
Tavr.j::;, ?
CiroJ
Tobia,-;,
THE FElI,Y ?
EXI'ERiL';'cp
hei la
SEX ROLE SOdA Li
?
A2'.L0A'; ?
'iii]-: AD'i,'j' JXJ
?
:i-:
WaJ.j ?
d1,
?
J-7.
?
'illS
23YCl!QJ,Q(Y
OF
?
iY;rj
?
A ?
J'A1'j/ AJIX
ANNO'i'.i
lL'/) ?
131Ej, / (:r;RAl 'II)'
-
84-
oi'ti;, Rochelle ?
THE ACCEPTANCE, OF TIlE COIJCEJ"J' OF TIfl
MATERNAL ROLE BY BEHAVIOURAL ScIJlvi'J,;:
ITS EFFECTS ON WOMEN
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.
U4ITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
?
NEW
COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
0 ?
*
Calendar Information
?
Department:
- ?
.'--
?
A1fl ?
Credit Hours:
?
Vector:
7_.fl
Abbreviation Code:W.c
. -
ourse
?
--
Title of
Course:
?
Advanced Women's Studies
Calendar Description of Course:
A study and critique
,
of the assumptions of existing disciplines as they
refer to the study of women. This course is designed as sup-
plemental to the various disciplines as they are currently taught.
Nature of Course Lecture/Seminar
Prerequisites (or special instructions):
W . S .
100-3 and 6 credits from W.S. 200-3, 201-3, 202-3, 203-3
What course (courses), if any', is being dropped from the calendar if this course is
approved:
none
2. Scheduling
Row frequently will the course be offered?
Two semesters a year
Semester in which the course will first be offered?
Summer 1976
Which of
your present faculty
would
be available to make the proposed offering
possible? N/A
Objectives of the Course
?
-
In the lecture series the course will discuss major paradigms in western
intellectural history and the genesis of methodological frameworks. The
methodological approaches presented in the lower level courses will be used
as the framework within which assumptions and limitations of traditional
paradigms and methodologies will be analysed. The student will then apply
4
•
Budgetary and Space Requirements (for information only)tS
critique to a particular
discipline in seminar.
What additional resources will be required in the following areas:
Faculty
Staff
Library
Audio Visual
Space
Equipment
5, Approval
Date:____________________
Department Chairman
?
Dean
?
Chairman, SCUS
SCUS 73-34b:-- (When completing this form, for instructions see Memorandum SCUS 73-34a.
Attach course outline).
W.S.
100_5
Advanced Women's Studies
A study and critique of the assumptions of existing disciplines as they refer
to the study of women. This course is designed as
? supplemental
to the various disciplines as they are currently taught. This course will
consist of two parts: a lecture series combined;wih seminars in selected
disciplines. ?
S
1.
Lecture series: Overview of shifts in major paradigms in western -
intellectual history, genesis of methodological frameworks, assumptions
and limitations for the study of women.
2.
Seminars: At least three different seminars: will be offered each time the
• ?
/ 5
course is taught, each focusing on a different discipline and led by an
instructor specializing in that field. The disciplines covered may vary
from semester to semester. Students will choose one seminar only. It is
strongly recommended that it be chosen in their major field. The seminars
will investigate within the context of each discipline how these paradigms
have affected the definition and investigation of women. Areas for the
seminars will be chosen from the following: political science, sociology/
anthropology, psychology, literature, economics, history, biology/medicine.
Topics and/or Possible Reading Lists for Area Seminars:
Political Science: Topics selected from the major schools such as the
classical school, behaviorism, the transactibnalists, functionalists,
or political economy.
Collinge, Frank
?
REVIEW OF POLITICAL SCIENCE THEORY
Sociology: Topics selected from the major schools such as empiricism,
• ?
functionalism, phenomenology, psychological reductionism, the Frankfort
r ?
.
school, systems approach, ethnomethodology, historical materialism, or
conflict theory.
Giddnes, A
?
CAPITALISM AND MODERN SOCIAL THEORY
Aron, B ?
MAIN CURRENTS OF SOCIOLOGICAL THOUGHT
Martindale, D. ?
THE NATURE AND TYPES OF SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY
Gouldner, A .
?
THE CRISIS OF MODERN SOCIOLOGY
Smith, D. ?
.
?
A RADICAL CRITIQUE OF SOCIOLOGY
Anthropology: . Topics selected from the major schools such as evolutionism,
diffusionism, functionalism, structuralism, neo-evolutionism, cultural
ecology
.
, historical materialism.
Harris, Marvin
?
THE RISE OF
.
ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY
Lowie, B.
?
ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY
Penniman, P. K.
?
100 YEARS OF ANTHROPOLOGY
Psychology: Topics selected from the major schools such as behaviorism,
clinical models such as freudianism and gestalt psychology, experimental
psychology.
Boring, E. G.
Deutsche, Helen
Doherty, M. A.
Franks, V. and
V. Burtle
Freud, S.
Mitchell, Juliet
Rice, J. K. and
D. G. Rice
A HISTORY OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN, Vol. I and II
SEXUAL BIAS IN PERSONALITY THEORY. The
Counselling Psychologist. 1973,
14,
67-75.
WOMEN IN THERAPY: NEW PSYCHOTHERAPIES FOR
A CHANGING SOCIETY
NEW INTRODUCTORY LECTURES ON PSYCHOANALYSIS
PSYCHOANALYSIS AND FEMINISM
MOVEMENT ON PSYCHOTHERAPY. Amer, J.
Psychiatry,
1973,
130, 191-196.
0
1
?
•'
'I
Literature: Topics
and selected
readings from the works of major critics
such as:
Aristotle
T.
A. Richards
Plato
E.
Jones
John Ruskin
N.
Frye
M. Arnold
Economics: Topics selected from the major schools such as: macro and micro
•
?
theory, neo-classicist, neo-keynesian and historical materialist theories,
equilibrium input-output, econometrics, labour econometrics, labour
economists, economic history.
Samuelson, P. A.
?
ECONOMICS
History: Topics, arid selected readings from the major theorists
Reither, Joseph, ed.,
?
• MASTERWORKS OF HISTORY, Vol. 1, 2, and 3
which includes, selections from Herodotus,
Thucydides, Julius Caesar, Tacitus, Bede,
• Macaulay, Bancroft, C. & M. Beard. Gibbon,
Symonds, and Carlyle.
S
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SENATE COMKITTFE ON UNDERGRADUATE
NEW
rI
URSF PRO?OSAL FORN
?
*Lalendar Information
?
Department:
?
w ?
Course NuberOl
?
Credit Hours: 5—
Vector
Abbreviation Code:
?
_._
Title of
Course: Research
Project
Calendar
Individual
Description
or
of
small
Course
group studies of community problems. The student(s)
will submit a prospectus for the project at least two months before the study
is undertaken. The project will be directed by one of the faculty members
of the program.
Nature of Course
Individual research
Prerequisites (or special instructions)
W.S. 100-3 and 6 credits from W.S. 200-3, 202-3, 203-3.
What course (courses), if any, is
being dropped from the
calendar if this course is
approved:
none
2.
Scheduling
Row frequentl
y
will the course
be offered?
every semester
Semester in which the course will first be offered?
?
Fall
1976
Which
of your present faculty
would
be available to make the proposed offering
possible? N/A
W
Objectives,
search
The
area
--
course
of
and
the Co
will
under
be
take
a frame
the collection
work within
and.
which
presentation
students will
of research
define a re-
material gathered. Under the direction of a faculty member the individual
student will pursue a topic of particular interest to her/him.
?
4.
Budgetary and Space
?
Require ?
mei!.
(for information only)
What additional resources will be required in the following areas:
FacultY
Staff
Library
Audio Visual
Space
Equipment
S. Approval?
Date:
?
Department Chairman
?
Dean
?
Chairman, SCUS
scuS 73-34b: (When completing this form, for instructions see Memorandum SCUS 73-34a.
Attach course outline).
